Senior / Lead Python Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native microservices using Python FastAPI, Pydantic, and Async I/O.
  
• Architect, build, and optimize APIs, worker services, and event-driven systems leveraging Confluent Kafka.
  
• Define and enforce coding standards, testing strategies, and development best practices.
  
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or other tools and manage secure and scalable deployments.
  
• Work with Docker, Terraform, and GCP infrastructure services including Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, and Eventarc.
  
• Guide the integration of monitoring and observability tools such as New Relic, Cloud Logging, and Cloud Monitoring.
  
• Drive initiatives around performance tuning, caching (Redis), and data transformation including XSLT, XML/XSD processing.
  
• Support version control and code collaboration using Git/GitHub.
  
• Mentor team members, conduct code reviews, and ensure quality through unit testing frameworks like Pytest or unittest.
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable and maintainable solutions.
  

Mandatory Skills:

Programming & Frameworks:

• Expert in Python and experienced with FastAPI or equivalent web frameworks.
  
• Strong knowledge of Async I/O, Pydantic Settings
  
• Hands-on with Pytest or unittest
  
• Experience with Docker, Terraform, and Kafka (Confluent)
  

Version Control & DevOps:

• Experience with any version control
  
• Proven CI/CD pipeline implementation experience
  

Cloud & Infrastructure:

• Hands-on experience with any cloud provider
  

Data Processing:

• Knowledge of XSLT transformations, XML/XSD processing
  

Monitoring & Observability:

• Familiar with integrating monitoring/logging solutions, New relic preferred.
  

Databases & Storage:

• Experience with any database/storage solution
  
• Understanding of caching mechanisms
  

Good to Have Skills

Development & Testing

• PyPI package creation
  
• Tox
  
• Ruff (Python linting)
  
• Basic Bash scripting
  

Data Formats for Kafka: JSON, Avro, Protobuf

Version Control & CI/CD: Proficient with GitHub and GitHub Actions

GCP Experience in:

Cloud Storage, Eventarc, Cloud Run, GKE Autopilot

• Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, Workload Identity Federation
  
• Pub/Sub, Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring
  
• IAM, VPC networking
  

Databases & Storage:

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, IBM AS/400, Redis
  

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
  
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration
  
• Analytical mindset with problem-solving capabilities
  
• Drive for continuous learning and improvement