11+ yrsGurugramOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–60 LPA
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About This Role
- Own and define the architecture and engineering standards for Python systems spanning multiple teams, including API design, data, reliability, security, observability, testing, and AI-first delivery.
- Stay hands-on by writing and reviewing production code, leading technical problem solving, and setting standards in test-driven development, profiling, and AI integration.
- Lead cross-team large-scale changes such as migrations, framework upgrades, and deprecations; lead major incident responses and set hiring standards for Python engineers across levels.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 11 years professional software development experience in Python, including 5 years in system architecture.
- Minimum 3 years owning engineering standards adopted beyond own team and mentoring senior engineers.
- Experience working in globally distributed teams across time zones with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Deep expertise in Python including idiomatic code, asyncio, concurrency issues, and setting language-level policies across teams.
- Strong in designing REST APIs with OpenAPI, multiple data stores including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, and event-driven asynchronous systems (Kafka, SQS).
- Experienced in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, AI-first engineering practices (Claude Code, Anthropic, OpenAI SDKs), with leadership in technical mentoring and cross-regional collaboration.