Job Summary

Job Description: Technical Lead – Python, FAST API, React & Azure

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead / Full-Stack Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications built on Python, FAST API, React, and Azure technologies.

The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on engineering expertise with technical leadership capabilities, covering backend services, data processing and visualization, modern frontend development, cloud-native deployment, CI/CD, and application performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical leadership for the architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support of enterprise applications.
- Design and develop scalable backend applications and APIs using Python FAST API
- Develop data processing, transformation, and analytical capabilities using Pandas and NumPy.
- Build data visualization and reporting capabilities using Matplotlib and charting/visualization libraries.
- Design asynchronous and distributed processing solutions using Celery.
- Implement caching, session management, and performance optimization using Redis.
- Develop modern, responsive web applications using React and TypeScript.
- Design and optimize relational data models, queries, stored procedures, and application integrations using PostgreSQL.
- Define and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Design and deploy cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.
- Deploy, configure, and support containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes.
- Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting,



performance optimization, and root-cause analysis.
- Define coding standards, engineering best practices, reusable components, and application architecture guidelines.
- Identify technical debt, security vulnerabilities, scalability constraints, and opportunities for application modernization.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business stakeholders, Architects, DevOps teams, and other technical teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Support production issues and ensure application reliability, maintainability, scalability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

The candidate should be able to:

- Take end-to-end technical ownership of applications and solutions.
- Translate functional and business requirements into appropriate technical architecture and implementation.
- Guide development teams on Python, RAPID API, React, Azure, database, and DevOps engineering practices.
- Review solution designs and ensure adherence to architectural and security standards.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across application, database, infrastructure, and integration layers.
- Drive application modernization, automation, performance improvement, and technical debt reduction.




- Work effectively with geographically distributed development and business teams.

Skill Requirements

Required Technical Skills

Area

Technologies

Backend Development

Python, FAST API

Data Processing

Pandas, NumPy

Data Visualization

Matplotlib, Charts / Visualization libraries

Asynchronous Processing

Celery

Caching

Redis

Frontend

React, TypeScript

Database

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Containerization & Orchestration

Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Architecture

REST APIs, Microservices, Cloud-native architecture

Engineering

Git, code reviews, debugging, performance optimization, secure coding

Must Have Skill

Python,React.js

Good to Have Skill

Other Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong hands-on development experience with Python-based enterprise applications.
- Proven experience leading technical teams or acting as a Technical Lead / Solution Lead.
- Strong understanding of microservices, REST APIs, distributed systems, containerization, and cloud-native architecture.
- Experience deploying and managing enterprise workloads on Azure and AKS.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Profile

Senior hands-on Technical Lead capable of working across Python backend + FAST API + data processing + React/TypeScript frontend + PostgreSQL + Azure/AKS + CI/CD, while providing architectural direction and technical leadership to the development team.

📌 Technical Specialist (India)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 India