Senior Software Developer - Python & PHP (GCP)

Quantiphi
Mumbai Metropolitan Region

While technology is the heart of our business, a global and diverse culture is the heart of our success. We love our people and we take pride in catering them to a culture built on transparency, diversity, integrity, learning and growth.

If working in an environment that encourages you to innovate and excel, not just in professional but personal life, interests you- you would enjoy your career with Quantiphi!

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

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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