Python Tech Lead

Signature IT World Inc; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Signature IT World Inc is seeking a senior backend engineer to lead the design, delivery, and reliability of cloud-native services on AWS, built primarily in Python. You will guide a high-performing engineering team and embed AI-assisted practices to increase speed and quality.

You will own backend development, translate requirements into scalable solutions, drive adoption of AI tools across development, testing, and deployment, and ensure security and performance.

Qualifications

• Deep experience building backend services on AWS with Python.
• Experience leading AI-assisted development and code reviews.
• Strong leadership and communication to mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design decisions and guide the team on implementation approaches.
• Conduct code reviews ensuring consistency, maintainability, and quality across deliverables.
• Mentor developers and resolve technical blockers while promoting knowledge sharing.
• Coordinate end-to-end technical delivery, including development, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Work closely with stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and communicate technical progress.
• Identify technical risks and drive mitigation plans to minimize delivery issues.
• Promote engineering automation and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, performance, and reliability.
• To adhere to ISMS Policies and procedures.

Skills

Python development

AI tooling & code review

AWS cloud engineering

Code review & mentoring

Tools

Go (Golang)

Job description

• Lead design and code reviews, setting clear standards for code quality, testing, security, and observability.
• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs
• Define team practices for AI-assisted work: prompting, agentic workflows and review of AI-generated code.

Skills - Primary

• Strong knowledge in Python development.
• Practical experience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor, including reviewing, validating, and guiding AIgenerated code.
• Strong knowledge in designing, building, and operating applications on AWS

Skills - Good to have

• Experience with Go (Golang) development.

Job Purpose

Lead the design, delivery, and reliability of scalable cloud-native services on AWS, built primarily in Python.

Guide and grow a high-performing engineering team while embedding AI-assisted engineering practices that raise both delivery speed and code quality.

Job Description

• Lead the development of backend applications and cloud-native solutions using AWS and Python.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools across development, testing, debugging, and code optimization.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, engineering best practices, application security, and performance requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver project objectives.
• Support deployment automation, CI/CD implementation, and production issue resolution.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Own technical design decisions and guide the team on implementation approaches.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure consistency, maintainability, and quality across deliverables.
• Mentor developers, resolve technical blockers, and support knowledge sharing within the team.
• Coordinate end-to-end technical delivery, including development, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Work closely with stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and communicate technical progress.
• Identify technical risks and drive mitigation plans to minimize delivery issues.
• Promote engineering automation and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, performance, and reliability.
• To adhere to ISMS Policies and procedures.

Any Additional Information/Specifics

• The candidate should have excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and be team oriented
• Innovative in proposing/implementing new ideas/processes
• Highly motivated and self-starting, should have a proactive approach to resolving issues and working with limited supervision
• Ability to quickly learn new testing tools/technology and implement it effectively