Senior Backend Python Developer

We're Hiring | Senior Backend Python Developer

📍 Location: Toronto, ON

We're looking for a Senior Backend Python Developer to join a high-performing engineering team building secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions within a core banking platform.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Python, microservices, distributed systems, REST APIs, SQL/MySQL, messaging, and system design, with a proven ability to own large initiatives end-to-end.

💻 Must-Have Skills

✅ 5+ years of Software Development experience

✅ Strong Python Backend Development experience

✅ Microservices & Distributed Systems

✅ RESTful API Development

✅ Strong SQL & MySQL

✅ RDBMS concepts – Transactions, Isolation Levels, Locking & Deadlocks

✅ RabbitMQ or similar Message Brokers

✅ Docker / Containerized Applications

✅ GitHub or similar code repositories

✅ Linux / Unix environments

✅ Strong System Design & Technical Design experience

⭐ Nice to Have

• Banking / Financial Services / FinTech experience

• Cloud experience – AWS, Azure, or GCP

• Payroll Provider integrations

• Time & Attendance platform integrations

• Experience working on high-volume transaction processing systems

🚀 What You'll Do

• Design and develop scalable backend services and microservices

• Build secure, high-performance distributed systems

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs

• Own large initiatives from technical design through production delivery

• Create technical design specifications and contribute to architecture decisions

• Optimize application performance to meet SLAs

• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical discussions

• Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices

• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams

🎓 Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

• Degree must be from a Canadian or US university

• 5+ years of professional software development experience

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

• Ability to independently own features and projects end-to-end

📩 Interested? Please email your updated resume to:

📧 yashvi.shah@apexon.com

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