Lead Python Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026.
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.
Skills
Python, Distributed Systems, REST API, Microservices Architecture, System Design, NoSQL