Lead Python Engineer - Distributed Systems

India Fan Corporation; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

India Fan Corporation seeks a Lead Python Engineer to steer the design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services. You will own architectural decisions, build robust REST APIs, and guide real-time systems for high availability.

The role requires 8+ years of backend experience, deep Python expertise, and strong leadership across cross-functional teams. Bangalore/Hyderabad locations offer on-site collaboration and impact-driven engineering.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering with backend focus.
• Strong hands-on Python experience.
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and high availability.
• Hands-on with WebSockets and real-time backends.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and caching.
• Proficiency in performance optimization, monitoring, and production operations.
• Knowledge of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean architecture.
• Proven technical leadership and architectural decision-making.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, mentoring, and code review skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed Systems

WebSockets

SQL/NoSQL

Performance optimization

Software architecture

Code review

Job description

Hiring : Lead Python Engineer | 8+ Years.

Location : Bangalore / Hyderabad.

Experience : 8+ Years.

Role : Lead Python Engineer.

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.

Key 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.
• Build real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based services.
• 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.

Required Skills

• 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.
• Cloud platform experience.
• Containerization and CI/CD experience.
• Experience leading backend engineering teams or technical initiatives.
• Strong understanding of observability and reliability engineering.

(ref:hirist.tech)