Python Developer

Sonata Software; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonata Software seeks a Sr Software Engineer, Python, in Bengaluru to drive technical design and architecture for sub-products. You will partner with analysts and customers to review requirements and ensure feasible, scalable solutions.

The role requires expert Python, experience with frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django), REST APIs, AWS, IaC, and a track record of leading engineers through SDLC best practices. Join a team that values quality and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering or similar major.
• 5 years of experience with software development.
• Deep understanding of modern Python (3.x).
• Expert in Python 3, OO design and patterns.
• Experience with Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
• Strong REST API experience and Git proficiency.
• Experience writing unit tests and in event-driven/microservices.
• AWS and serverless experience; IaC (CloudFormation & CDK).
• Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and DevOps practices.
• Agile/Scrum experience with Jira; strong communication.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and drive design decisions.
• Experience balancing short-term results with long-term stability.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance, designs, and solution patterns to team members.
• Act as chief architect for sub-products and drive development life cycle.
• Review and optimize requirements with analysts and customers.
• Review and validate key functionality and integration with developers.
• Own technical design for projects of moderate complexity.
• Extend, reuse, and integrate with existing systems while improving them.
• Demonstrate tradeoffs between short-term results and long-term stability.
• Participate in and facilitate team scrum activities and rituals.

Skills

Python 3

REST APIs

Git

Unit Tests

Event Driven

AWS

Serverless

Infrastructure as Code

Databases

DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Jira

Design Patterns

Leadership

Mentoring

Self Starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

Sr Software Engineer, Python

Responsible for providing strategic guidance, designs, and solution patterns to team members, is the “chief architect” for a sub-product/s. Serves as a driver and collaborator throughout development life cycle, partnering with business analysts and customers to review and optimize requirements; and, working with developers to review and validate key functionality and integration. Responsible for ensuring feasibility of design and integration with existing systems/platforms.

Requirements

• Expert level knowledge of Python 3, Object-Oriented Code & Design Patterns
• Strong Experience with Python frameworks (e.g. Fast API, Flask, Django)
• Strong Experience with REST APIs
• Strong Experience with Git
• Strong Experience Writing Unit Tests
• Experience with Event Driven Systems & Microservices
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and serverless
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Cloudformation & CDK)
• Knowledge of Databases (SQL, NoSQL)
• Knowledge of DevOps Practices (CI/CD, Automated Pipelines)
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Jira
• Attention to Detail
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to more junior engineers
• Self Starter (Able to to work alone with minimal direction but also able to work within the team.)
• Capable of owning technical design for projects of moderate complexity, and understands the tradeoffs in creating good software
• Ability to understand the capabilities and limitation of existing software and demonstrate a preference to extend, re-use and integrate with them effectively while also improving them
• Demonstrated track record of making reasonable design tradeoffs between short term results and building for the long term
• Demonstrated ability to understand and actively participate in team's scrum activities and rituals as well as help others to understand and embrace them
• Demonstrates behaviors which are aligned with the organization’s desired culture and values

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering or similar major
• 5 years of experience with software development
• Deep understanding of and experience with modern python (3.x)
• Demonstrated ability to master at least one major skill outside of core coding such as monitoring, documentation, security, integration testing, visual design, devops, performance optimization
• Demonstrated track record of creating significant improvements across business-critical product ecosystems around stability, security, performance, and scalability
• Demonstrated ability to understand, facilitate or actively participate in multi team or multi sub-product scrum activities and rituals, help others to understand them
• Demonstrated ability to effectively convey complex technical topics in ways that that could be easily understood by engineers, POs, PMs or nontechnical colleagues
• Able to collaborate across teams and build systems to address architectural gaps
• Capable of leading small to midsize epic level efforts
• Financial Services and, if possible, mortgage industry experience preferred
• Strong business acumen and ability to interface with executive management