Python Developer Lead

Role & responsibilities

Senior Back-end Developer

The main activities for this position are:

Python (FastAPI)

2. Review and approval of pull requests from backend team members.

3. Design, set up and maintenance of backend resources and environments in Azure.

4. Troubleshooting of backend issues.

5. Participation in sprint grooming, planning, demos, and retrospective sessions.

6. Maintenance of the backend base project.

7. Other web development-related tasks, as requested by the Custom Applications Team manager or Digital Tools & Platforms section chief.

The skills and experience required for this position are:

• 8+ years

  of experience in backend development for web applications using

  Python

  , with a strong emphasis on writing secure code, including input

  validation, data encryption

  , and mitigation of common

  security vulnerabilities

  .

• 4+ years

  of experience with

  FastAPI

  , building and maintaining enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with backend engineering best practices, including modular architecture, clean and maintainable code, and clear separation of concerns.
• Ability to design scalable, resilient, and maintainable application architectures

• Strong knowledge of OAuth2

  , with

  hands-on experience implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms

  . Integration with

  Microsoft Entra ID as an Identity Provider (IdP)

  is required.
• Strong commitment to

  unit testing using frameworks such as pytest

  , ensuring code quality, reliability, and maintainability.

• 5+ years

  of experience with

  ORM tools like SQLAlchemy and Alembic

  , including

  database modeling

  , migrations, and performance optimization for SQL/NoSQL databases (

  PostgreSQL

  preferred).

• 2+ years

  of experience deploying and managing applications in

  Azure cloud services, including App Service, Azure Functions, AKS, Blob Storage, and Key Vault

  .

• 5+ years

  of experience working in distributed teams, using Git with platforms

  like GitHub or Azure DevOps (preferred

  ).
• Proficiency in

  DevOps practices

  , including the setup, configuration, and management of

  CI/CD pipelines

  .
• Working knowledge of

  Docker, docker-compose, and Kubernetes

  for containerization and orchestration.
• Experience with

  Celery, CeleryBeat/RedBeat, or similar Python-based task schedulers

  for background job processing.