Join the TOPS Infosolutions Team

Job Description

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs running in production
• Own technical decisions on architecture, deployments, and performance trade-offs
• Debug live issues, identify bottlenecks, and improve application performance
• Participate in client conversations: scoping, technical discussions, demos, and updates
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies that improve delivery
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team engineering standards
• Work in an Agile / Scrum setup with regular delivery cycles

Key Responsibilities

• 4+ years building and shipping production Python applications
• Strong fundamentals: OOP, common design patterns, debugging, and performance optimization
• Experience with at least one Python web framework (Django, FastAPI, Flask, or similar we're not prescriptive about which one)
• Solid SQL skills (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar) and strong data modelling fundamentals across relational and NoSQL paradigms able to pick the right store for the problem and design schemas that hold up under load and change
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on AWS comfortable picking up new services as projects require, and debugging issues in production cloud environments
• Comfortable with Git workflows in a team setting (branching, reviews, conflict resolution)
• Track record on live production projects operating, supporting, and evolving systems in production, not only greenfield builds or POCs
• Day-to-day use of AI coding tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar) and a point of view on where they help vs. hurt
• Strong communication can explain technical decisions to clients and non-technical stakeholders
• Independence can break down ambiguous problems, design solutions, and ship without hand-holding