Senior Python Developer — Backend & API Specialist
Ships production Python backends end to end — APIs, databases, infra, no hand-offs.
Senior Python developer specialising in Django, Flask and FastAPI backend systems, with deep expertise in RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices. Works across SQL and NoSQL — PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis — with hands-on experience in Celery task queues, CI/CD pipelines and payment gateway integrations. Owns backend architecture from database design through production deployment on AWS.
Rebuilt for scalability, performance and maintainability, replacing the old architecture with new REST APIs.
Matchmaking, leaderboards and in-game microtransactions on MongoDB.
Team collaboration, workflow tracking and document management on REST APIs and PostgreSQL, for a Hong Kong-based client.
Runs code reviews and API-development training across teams.
Architects scalable backend services and REST APIs end to end, optimising for low-latency performance and high availability in production.
Equally fluent in Django, Flask, FastAPI and GraphQL — adapts to whichever stack a client project already runs on.
Maintains best practice across teams through review rather than through documents nobody reads.
Ongoing, across client systems
Basil is available through Alphanext.
Tell us the shape of the work — stack, timezone, how long — and we will set up a conversation. No account, no shortlist fee.