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, p

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