Lead Python Engineer - Distributed Systems

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.
  
  

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