Python Developer

About the role

We are seeking a seasoned Backend Tech Lead with deep expertise in Golang and Python to lead our backend team. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in backend technologies and 2–3 years of proven engineering mentoring experience, having successfully scaled systems and shipped B2C applications in collaboration with product teams.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product Delivery

● Oversee design and development of backend systems operating at 10K+ RPM scale.

● Guide the team in building transactional systems (payments, orders, etc.) and behavioral systems (analytics, personalization, engagement tracking).

● Partner with product managers to scope, prioritize, and release B2C product features and applications.

● Ensure architectural best practices, high-quality code standards, and robust testing practices.

● Own delivery of projects end-to-end with a focus on scalability, reliability, and business impact.

Operational Excellence

● Champion observability, monitoring, and reliability across backend services.

● Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and resilience.

● Streamline development workflows and engineering processes for speed and quality.

Requirements

● Experience:

7+ years of professional experience in backend technologies.

2-3 years as Tech lead and driving delivery.

● Technical Skills:

Strong hands-on expertise in Golang and Python.

Proven track record with high-scale systems (≥10K RPM).

Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms.

● Leadership Skills:

Demonstrated success in managing teams through 2–3 appraisal cycles.

Strong experience working with product managers to deliver consumer-facing applications.

● Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Nice-to-Have

● Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

● Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

● Previous leadership experience in B2C product companies operating at scale.

What We Offer

● Opportunity to lead and shape a backend engineering team building at scale.

● A culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.

● Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities.

Job Description: Python Engineer

Role Summary

We are looking for a talented Python Engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend applications and automation solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, familiarity with modern development practices, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Python Development & Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain Python scripts, tools, and automation frameworks.
• Build automation for operational tasks such as deployment, monitoring, system checks, and maintenance.
• Write clean, modular, and well-documented Python code following best practices.
• Develop APIs, CLI tools, or microservices when required.

Linux Systems Engineering

• Manage, configure, and troubleshoot Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Perform system performance tuning, log analysis, and root-cause diagnostics.
• Work with system services, processes, networking, file systems, and security controls.
• Implement shell scripting (bash) alongside Python for system-level automation.

CI/CD & Infrastructure Support

• Support integration of Python automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
• Participate in build and release processes for infrastructure components.
• Ensure automation aligns with established infrastructure standards and governance.
• Use Bash scripting together with Python to improve automation efficiency.

Cloud & DevOps Collaboration (if applicable)

• Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps engineers on automation for AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Integrate Python tools with configuration management tools such as Chef or Ansible, or with Terraform modules.
• Contribute to containerization efforts (Docker, Kubernetes) leveraging Python automation.

• Design and build user-facing products, owning the entire process from gathering functional requirements from teams, through testing and staging, to deploying in a Python based stack
• Guide the team in making technical trade-offs
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, areas for improvement and put forth a plan to course-correct
• Design and implement maintainable backend services, including data processing pipelines, APIs and internal tools
• Coordinating with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

• Design the architecture of new services to deliver timely communication from server to
• client and server to server, while still functioning alongside existing server components
• Describe and implement the communications across multiple network layers, considering
• performance, reliability, and flexibility with respect to the underlying infrastructure
• Enhance and expand the ORM layer of the studio’s in-house web framework
• Craft software solutions for supporting flexibility in resource allocation, from compute to storage
• Consult with technical operations on appropriate Kubernetes-based infrastructure design
• Design for performance, and measure the effects
• Review your colleagues’ code, and learn from their reviews as well
• Identify, document, and communicate best practices for the engineers who use the fruits of your labour
• Requirements:
• 7+ years professional work experience
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Must be proactive, self-directed, detailed and organized
• Proficient in PHP, C++, or Go
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL
• Experience with in-memory NoSQL databases, such as Redis
• Ability to debug issues within custom code quickly
• Passion for developing scalable and maintainable software systems