Lead Python Engineer

ShimentoX Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ShimentoX Technologies in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Lead Python Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems. You will own architectural decisions and build robust REST APIs and microservices, while guiding cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, real-time processing, production readiness, and mentorship of engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend expertise.
• Hands-on Python development experience.
• Proven experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability.
• Experience with WebSockets/real-time backend systems.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and caching systems.
• Strong knowledge of performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging and production ops.
• Understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns and clean architecture.
• Proven technical leadership and architectural decision-making experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services using Python.
• Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems.
• Design and develop robust REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Drive performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
• Lead performance optimization, monitoring, debugging, and production issue resolution.
• Establish best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, DevOps, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Conduct code and architecture reviews and identify technical risks.
• Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver production-grade solutions.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed Systems

WebSockets / Real-Time

SQL/NoSQL

Performance Optimization

Software Engineering Principles

Technical Leadership

Job description

Hiring: Lead Python Engineer | 8+ Years

We are looking for an experienced Lead Python Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Python, distributed systems, REST APIs, microservices, real-time architectures, and backend system design, along with proven experience driving technical decisions and owning systems end-to-end.

• Lead architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services using Python.
• Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems.
• Design and develop robust REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Drive performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
• Lead performance optimization, monitoring, debugging, and production issue resolution.
• Establish best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, DevOps, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Conduct code and architecture reviews and identify technical risks.
• Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver production-grade solutions.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend expertise
• Strong hands-on experience with Python
• Strong experience building REST APIs and Microservices
• Strong understanding of Distributed Systems, Scalability, Fault Tolerance & High Availability
• Hands-on experience with WebSockets / Real-Time Backend Systems
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and caching systems
• Strong knowledge of performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and production operations
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean architecture
• Proven technical leadership and architectural decision-making experience
• Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and code review skills

Good to Have

• Experience working on large-scale, high-availability platforms
• Containerization and CI/CD experience
• Experience leading backend engineering teams or technical initiatives
• Strong understanding of observability and reliability engineering