Python Developer Lead

Innefu Labs; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Delhi

Job summary

Innefu Labs is seeking a hands-on Lead Python Developer in Delhi to own technical leadership and code quality while delivering scalable backend systems. This role blends 70% individual contributor work with 30% leadership to mentor teammates and enforce engineering standards.

The candidate will design, implement and review production-grade backend services using Python frameworks, while optimizing data pipelines and collaborating on system architecture.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Python and backend frameworks.
• Experience designing and reviewing production-grade backend systems.
• Mentoring team and driving engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and review backend services in Python.
• Lead and mentor the engineering team, promoting software quality.
• Drive architecture discussions and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Python

Django

FastAPI

Flask

REST APIs

OOP

SQL

Performance optimization

Data pipelines

PySpark

Airflow

Kafka

Git

CI/CD

Code reviews

System design

Tools

Pandas

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Python Developer who enjoys being close to the code while also taking ownership of technical leadership within the team.

This is a 70% Individual Contributor + 30% Team Leadership role.

We are looking for someone who can design, develop and review production-grade backend systems, while also mentoring the team and driving engineering best practices.

Location: Delhi

Work Model: 5 Days Work From Office

What are we looking for?

We need someone who has a strong balance between Python Backend Development and Data Engineering.

Backend / Python:

• Strong hands-on experience with Python
• Django / FastAPI / Flask or similar frameworks
• REST APIs and backend service development
• Object-oriented programming and software design principles
• SQL and database design
• Experience building scalable and high-performance applications

Data Engineering:

• Strong understanding of data pipelines and ETL/ELT
• Experience with technologies such as Pandas, PySpark, Airflow, Kafka or similar
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Understanding of data processing, transformation and optimization
• Exposure to distributed data processing and large-scale datasets

Engineering Practices:

• Git and collaborative development
• Unit testing and debugging
• CI/CD practices
• Code review and engineering standards
• System design and architecture
• Performance optimization

The ideal candidate

We're not looking for a pure Python developer who has only worked on application development.

We're also not looking for a pure Data Engineer.

We need someone who can comfortably operate at the intersection of:

Python Development + Backend Engineering + Data Engineering + Technical Leadership

Someone who can write the code, review the code, understand the architecture and guide the team.