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# Backend Engineer (Python & Networking)

- **Company:** Geopaq Logic
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Multiplexing, Dependency Injection, Github, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, PostgreSQL, Network Programming, Nginx, Query Optimization, RabbitMQ, Redis, Reverse Proxy, Data Streaming, WebSocket, Openapi, Load Balancing, Istio, Large Language Models, Backend, Fastapi, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Hashicorp, Apache Kafka, Terraform
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e069938b-9d13-4472-87d2-1c87a641799e

## About the Role

Async Python & Network Programming (3 + yrs) - Strong hands on experience with asyncio, aiohttp/anyio, low level TCP/UDP sockets, WebSocket & SSE servers, TLS handshake, connection pooling, keep alive, and zero copy buffering.
Streaming & Large Payload Handling - Ability to manage chunked transfer, bidirectional streaming, back pressure and high throughput data paths for real time LLM inference.
Protocol Knowledge - Working familiarity with HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 (multiplexing, HPACK), gRPC, and occasional custom protocol parsers.
FastAPI Based Backend (3 + yrs) - Design, develop and test production grade REST/Streaming APIs; pragmatic use of Pydantic, dependency injection and OpenAPI docs.
Containerization & Kubernetes - Docker, AKS/EKS/GKE deployment experience; HPA/VPA scaling, rolling updates, and service mesh (e.g., Istio/Envoy) basics.
Async Messaging & Event Driven Design - Production use of Redis Streams, RabbitMQ or Kafka for decoupled task queues, retries and back off logic.
PostgreSQL & Vault - Advanced query tuning, partitioning, PgBouncer pooling, plus HashiCorp Vault (dynamic secrets, transit encryption) for key management.
Cloud Networking & Security - L4/L7 load balancing, TLS termination, reverse proxy (NGINX/Envoy), mTLS between services, and automated cert lifecycle (ACME/Let's Encrypt).
IaC & CI/CD - Terraform modules for multi env infra, plus GitHub Actions/GitLab CI pipelines with container image scanning and canary/blue green deployments



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