Senior Software Developer Python & PHP (GCP)

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Role : Senior Software Developer
Experience : 5 - 7 Years
Location : Mumbai/Bangalore

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Architecture & Technical Leadership

Own the backend and infrastructure architecture making and documenting key technical decisions

Define and maintain engineering standards for backend code infrastructure security and deployment

Advise leadership and delivery teams on technical approach risk effort and cost for new projects and pitches

Evaluate and select tools services and third-party partners bringing in specialist support where appropriate

Share knowledge with the wider engineering team including supporting front-end developers on backend and infrastructure topics

Backend Development

Design build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and PHP

Write clean well-tested maintainable code and establish review practices for backend work

Optimise application performance reliability and security

Design and integrate REST and GraphQL APIs both consuming third-party services and exposing internal endpoints

Work closely with front-end developers to support headless architecture integrating with headless CMS platforms such as Contentful

Design and own authentication and SSO integrations using OAuth 2 OpenID Connect and SAML working with identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID

Lead database design and query optimisation

DevOps & Infrastructure

Design deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on GCP

Build and manage containerised environments using Docker

Support front-end developers with deployments on SaaS hosting platforms such as Vercel

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support fast safe releases

Implement monitoring logging and alerting and lead incident response

Own infrastructure-as-code practices and cloud cost/performance optimisation

Own cloud security access management backups and disaster recovery

Maintain clear documentation and runbooks so systems are well understood and resilient beyond any one person

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Proven senior-level experience as a backend developer with strong commercial experience in Python and PHP

Strong hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (e.g. GCP AWS Azure) ideally GCP

Practical experience with Docker and containerised application deployment

Strong understanding of CI/CD and modern DevOps practices

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation)

Solid knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments

Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases

Strong experience designing and integrating REST and GraphQL APIs

Strong experience implementing SSO and authentication using standards such as OAuth 2 OpenID Connect and SAML and integrating with identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID

Experience collaborating with front-end developers on headless solutions including CMS platforms such as Contentful

Comfortable working across the full lifecycle from design through deployment to monitoring

Confident working autonomously as the sole owner of a technical area making sound decisions and prioritising effectively

Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders and clients

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Experience supporting front-end deployments on SaaS hosting platforms such as Vercel

Familiarity with Kubernetes or other container orchestration

Experience working in an agency or client-facing environment

Experience contributing to technical scoping estimation or pitches

Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives