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.

- Robust
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.

Good-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 (Chennai)
🏢 Recognized
📍 Chennai