Basil Jose

Senior Backend Engineer · Python · Django · FastAPI · Microservices · LLM & AI Agents

Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems, Kafka & Microservices, LLM & AI Agents, RAG & MCP

10+ years building high-performance APIs, microservices and event-driven systems for high-volume transactional platforms.

India · open to relocation to the UAE

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APIs, microservices, events.

I'm a Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years building scalable backend platforms with Python, Django, FastAPI and Flask. I specialize in high-performance APIs, microservices and event-driven distributed systems for high-volume transactional platforms.

Currently building backend services for a digital gift card platform at YouGotaGift. Bachelor's Degree, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

How a request moves through the systems I build
  1. Requestclient
  2. APIDjango · FastAPI
  3. Kafkaevents
  4. WorkersCelery · Redis
  5. DBPostgreSQL

Where I've shipped.

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    YouGotaGift Pvt. Ltd.

    Dec 2021 – Present

    • Backend services for a digital gift card platform at high transaction volume.
    • Scalable Django REST APIs for voucher issuance and redemption.
    • Kafka-based event-driven async workflows; Celery + Redis job pipelines.
    • PostgreSQL query optimization cutting API response time ~30%; Docker + Kubernetes deployments.

  2. Backend Engineer

    UST

    Jun 2020 – Dec 2021

    • Migrated MuleSoft integrations to FastAPI microservices.
    • System-to-system REST APIs.
    • Scrapy/Selenium automation.
    • PostgreSQL and MongoDB integrations.

  3. Python Developer

    Fingent Global Solutions

    Jun 2018 – Jun 2020

    • Django/Flask services for regulatory compliance platforms.
    • Data models for large datasets.
    • Analytics pipelines for airline sales and settlement reporting.
    • TensorFlow/OpenCV integration.

  4. Python Developer

    SparkSupport Infotech

    Jun 2017 – Jun 2018

    • Django + PostgreSQL REST APIs.
    • Selenium browser automation.

  5. Software Developer

    Verbicio Labs Pvt. Ltd.

    May 2015 – Jun 2017

    • Built the recruitment platform BagYourJob (Django + AngularJS).
    • Backend APIs deployed on AWS.

The toolbox.

Languages & Frameworks

  • Python
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices

Messaging & Async

  • Kafka
  • Celery
  • Redis

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL

Cloud & DevOps

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS)
  • Jenkins CI/CD
  • Linux
  • Git

Automation

  • Scrapy
  • Selenium

AI & LLM

  • LLM
  • AI Agents
  • RAG
  • MCP

Apps I've built.

Private, offline Android apps. No accounts. No ads. No internet permission.

Android 12+ required. Allow "install from unknown sources" when installing an APK. All apps on GitHub

Let's build something that scales.

Based in India, open to relocation to the UAE.