Technical Lead, Python — Cybersecurity Solutions

Methodius IT Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Dublin-based client, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, is seeking a Senior Python Developer / Technical Lead to join their team on site in Dublin. You will bridge the CTO and development team, translating business requirements into secure, scalable engineering solutions.

You will lead a team of developers, design backend systems in Python, and drive architecture decisions, code quality, and deployment practices while ensuring cybersecurity and resilience across platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python development experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring software engineering teams.
• Good understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience working with APIs, backend platforms, and scalable systems.
• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle processes.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership responsibilities.
• Experience working in Linux-based environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of developers.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems primarily in Python.
• Assisting the CTO in technical planning, architecture decisions, and product roadmap execution.
• Overseeing software development lifecycle processes and engineering best practices.
• Reviewing code, maintaining development standards, and improving system reliability.
• Working closely with infrastructure and operations teams on deployment, monitoring, scalability, and incident response.
• Collaborating with commercial and support teams to improve product functionality and customer experience.
• Supporting cybersecurity, compliance, and platform resilience initiatives.
• Contributing to technical documentation and process improvement.

Skills

Python

Team leadership

Software architecture

Distributed systems

APIs

Linux

Tools

APIs

Backend platforms

Cloud infrastructure

Containerisation

Monitoring tools

Job description

Our Dublin-based client, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, is seeking a Senior Python Developer / Technical Lead to join their team on site in Dublin. You will bridge the CTO and development team, translating business requirements into secure, scalable engineering solutions.

You will lead a team of developers, design backend systems in Python, and drive architecture decisions, code quality, and deployment practices while ensuring cybersecurity and resilience across platforms.