Lead Python Engineer

Hiring: Lead Python Engineer | 8+ Years

Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad

Experience: 8+ Years

Role: Lead Python Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Lead Python Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Python, distributed systems, REST APIs, microservices, real-time architectures, and backend system design, along with proven experience driving technical decisions and owning systems end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services using Python.

• Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems.

• Design and develop robust REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

• Build real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based services.

• Drive performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.

• Lead performance optimization, monitoring, debugging, and production issue resolution.

• Establish best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD, and production readiness.

• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, DevOps, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams.

• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.

• Conduct code and architecture reviews and identify technical risks.

• Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver production-grade solutions.

Required Skills

8+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend expertise

Strong hands-on experience with Python

Strong experience building REST APIs and Microservices

Strong understanding of Distributed Systems, Scalability, Fault Tolerance & High Availability

Hands-on experience with WebSockets / Real-Time Backend Systems

Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and caching systems

Strong knowledge of performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and production operations

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean architecture

Proven technical leadership and architectural decision-making experience

Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and code review skills

Good to Have

• Experience working on large-scale, high-availability platforms

• Cloud platform experience

• Containerization and CI/CD experience

• Experience leading backend engineering teams or technical initiatives

• Strong understanding of observability and reliability engineering