Description

In this role, you will take charge of the Python backend ecosystem while leading a growing team. Your responsibilities will include hands-on coding, making architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers, all while collaborating with various tech teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Requirements

• •7+ years of Python backend development
• •Strong expertise with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and ORM patterns
• •Deep knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB)
• •Proven experience with RESTful APIs and web services
• •Understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures
• •Proficiency with Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• •Familiarity with AWS cloud services and cloud-native development
• •Proven ability to lead technical projects from estimation through delivery
• •Experience mentoring and coaching other engineers
• •Strong documentation and communication skills
• •Ability to track and coordinate initiatives involving multiple teams
• •Comfortable estimating and planning large-scale technical work
• •Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical thinking
• •Ability to push back constructively on unclear requirements
• •Strong stakeholder management and cross-team coordination
• •Team player with a collaborative mindset
• •Kubernetes (K8s) experience and container orchestration
• •Event-driven systems and message queue experience (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
• •PHP knowledge (helpful for understanding legacy systems and migrations)
• •German language skills (German is a plus)
• •Product thinking mindset - ability to balance technical excellence with business value
• •AWS services experience (ECS, Lambda, RDS, ElastiCache, etc.)
• •Microservices architecture patterns
• •Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)

Tasks

• •Own the Python backend ecosystem
• •Drive architectural decisions for a monorepo with independent REST services
• •Plan, estimate, and deliver complex projects across multiple teams
• •Build a high-performing team starting with 1 medior engineer
• •Grow the team to 6 members through hiring and cross-training
• •Protect and enhance established quality standards
• •Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, and SQLAlchemy
• •Evaluate technical trade-offs for the Python backend ecosystem
• •Lead large-scale technical initiatives including migrations and integrations
• •Coordinate releases and deployments for Python services
• •Ensure application performance, scalability, quality, and stability
• •Participate in cross-stack architectural discussions
• •Implement security and data protection measures
• •Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code
• •Mentor and coach team members through regular 1:1s and feedback sessions
• •Guide technical decision-making and provide constructive code reviews
• •Shield the team from ad-hoc interruptions
• •Facilitate agile ceremonies as the team scales
• •Collaborate with Product Management to refine requirements
• •Foster knowledge sharing and documentation practices
• •Coordinate with DevOps, PHP, Frontend, and other engineering teams
• •Bridge communication between technical teams and product stakeholders
• •Drive alignment on technical standards and best practices

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