Job title: Python Lead / Lead Python Engineer

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Employment type: Full-time

Experience: 10+ years

Joining preference: Immediate joiners or candidates with a very short notice period.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced, hands-on Python Lead to drive technical feasibility. application architecture, backend development, and end-to-end product delivery.

This is a player-coach role combining hands-on Python engineering with technical leadership. You will evaluate new product ideas, build proof of concepts (PoCs), make architecture decisions, lead a team of engineers, and take applications from feasibility to production.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct technical feasibility studies, PoCs, and build-versus-buy evaluations.
- Prepare feasibility reports with effort estimates, costs, risks, and go/no-go recommendations.
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable Python applications and REST APIs.
- Develop backend services using Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask.
- Own application architecture, code quality, performance optimization, and production releases.
- Work with PostgreSQL / MySQL, Redis / MongoDB, task queues, and message brokers.
- Manage cloud deployments, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production operations.
- Lead, mentor, and guide a team of 3–6 engineers.
- Drive code reviews, sprint planning, technical documentation, and engineering best practices.




- Collaborate with the Founder / CTO and stakeholders to ensure timely product delivery.

Requirements

Mandatory Skills

- 10+ years of overall software engineering experience.
- 6+ years of hands-on production experience with Python 3.x.
- Strong experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask and REST API development.
- Experience designing and delivering at least two production systems end to end.
- Proven experience in technical feasibility studies and PoCs.
- Strong database knowledge: PostgreSQL or MySQL, plus Redis or MongoDB.
- Experience with Celery / RQ or equivalent task queues and RabbitMQ / Kafka / SQS.
- Production experience with AWS / Azure / GCP, Docker, and CI/CD.
- Hands-on experience with pytest, code quality tools, and Python type checking.
- Knowledge of application security, OAuth2 / JWT, OWASP Top 10, and access control.
- At least 2 years of experience leading 3+ engineers.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, estimation, and delivery ownership skills.

Positive-to-Have Skills

- GenAI / LLM integrations, OpenAI / Anthropic APIs, RAG, and vector databases.
- Applied cryptography, key management, and secure licensing mechanisms.
- Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
- React / Next.js familiarity and performance optimization using Rust, Cython, or Go.
- Experience taking products from concept to production and first customers.

📌 Lead Python Engineer (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Theomnihire
📍 Tamil Nadu