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Senior Engineer /Lead - Python
Hyderabad
Job Description
Title: Senior Engineer /Lead - Python
Location: Hyderabad
Work Model: Hybrid (5 days work from office)
Who we are
Tiger Analytics is a global leader in AI and analytics, helping Fortune 1000 companies solve their toughest challenges. We offer full-stack AI and analytics services & solutions to empower businesses to achieve real outcomes and value at scale. We are on a mission to push the boundaries of what AI and analytics can do to help enterprises navigate uncertainty and move forward decisively. Our purpose is to provide certainty to shape a better tomorrow.
Our team of 4000+ technologists and consultants are based in the US, Canada, the UK, India, Singapore and Australia, working closely with clients across CPG, Retail, Insurance, BFS, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, and Healthcare. Many of our team leaders rank in Top 10 and 40 Under 40 lists, exemplifying our dedication to innovation and excellence.
We are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ (2022-25), recognized by analyst firms such as Forrester, Gartner, HFS, Everest, ISG and others. We have been ranked among the ‘Best’ and ‘Fastest Growing’ analytics firms lists by Inc., Financial Times, Economic Times and Analytics India Magazine.
Curious about the role? What your typical day would look like?
We are looking for a highly motivated Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Microservices architecture. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience building scalable APIs and event-driven systems deployed on Azure or GCP.
Key Responsibilities
•Key Responsibilities – Senior Software / Backend Engineer (AI Enabled)
• Design, develop, and own scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI, with a focus on long term maintainability and reliability.
• Architect and implement robust, scalable data models and persistence layers using SQLAlchemy, ensuring data integrity and high performance.
• Lead the effective use of PostgreSQL and Redis for data storage, caching, and performance optimization.
• Design and integrate LLM powered and agentic AI capabilities into backend services, including orchestration, tool usage, and workflow automation.
• Build and maintain backend APIs and services that support AI agents, model inference, prompt pipelines, and contextual data access.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, platform, and product teams to deliver end to end features, including AI driven experiences.
• Ensure backend and AI services meet high standards for performance, security, scalability, reliability, and responsible AI usage.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and architectural decision making, including AI system design and integration patterns.
• Lead and participate in code reviews, promoting engineering best practices, code quality, and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex issues across development, staging, and production environments, including AI workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement of backend architecture, AI integration patterns, development practices, and engineering standards.
• Design, develop, and own scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI, with a focus on long term maintainability and reliability.
• Architect and implement robust, scalable data models and persistence layers using SQLAlchemy, ensuring data integrity and high performance.
• Lead the effective use of PostgreSQL and Redis for data storage, caching, and performance optimization.
• Design and integrate LLM powered and agentic AI capabilities into backend services, including orchestration, tool usage, and workflow automation.
• Build and maintain backend APIs and services that support AI agents, model inference, prompt pipelines, and contextual data access.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, platform, and product teams to deliver end to end features, including AI driven experiences.
• Ensure backend and AI services meet high standards for performance, security, scalability, reliability, and responsible AI usage.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and architectural decision making, including AI system design and integration patterns.
• Lead and participate in code reviews, promoting engineering best practices, code quality, and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex issues across development, staging, and production environments, including AI workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement of backend architecture, AI integration patterns, development practices, and engineering standards.
Required Skills
• 3–5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in:
o Python
o FastAPI
o SQLAlchemy
• Database experience with:
o PostgreSQL
o Redis
• Experience building API driven web applications.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.
• 3–5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in:
o Python
o FastAPI
o SQLAlchemy
• Database experience with:
o PostgreSQL
o Redis
• Experience building API driven web applications.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.
Preferred / Advantage Skills
• Exposure to Agentic AI concepts or AI driven backend workflows.
• Experience integrating LLM based services (e.g., embeddings, semantic search).
• Knowledge of cloud native or containerized environments.
• Exposure to Agentic AI concepts or AI driven backend workflows.
• Experience integrating LLM based services (e.g., embeddings, semantic search).
• Knowledge of cloud native or containerized environments.
You are important to us, let’s stay connected!
Every individual comes with a different set of skills and qualities so even if you don’t tick all the boxes for the role today, we urge you to apply as there might be a suitable/unique role for you tomorrow. We are an equal-opportunity employer. Our diverse and inclusive culture and values guide us to listen, trust, respect, and encourage people to grow the way they desire.
Note: The designation will be commensurate with expertise and experience. Compensation packages are among the best in the industry.
Additional Benefits: Health insurance (self & family), virtual wellness platform, and knowledge communities.