Backe Technical Lead Python Dgo

Job Description

As the Backend Technical Lead at our company, you will play a pivotal role as the most senior backend engineer in the team. Your primary responsibilities will involve driving architectural decisions, ensuring backend system quality, and serving as a technical partner to Product and Engineering stakeholders. Your role will require a combination of hands-on backend development skills along with strong leadership and mentorship capabilities.Key Responsibilities:- Lead backend development efforts, ensuring alignment with engineering standards and product goals.- Translate product requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans.- Design, build, and maintain scalable Django REST APIs.- Oversee background task processing using Celery or equivalent systems.- Drive backend architecture decisions to enhance scalability, reliability, and performance.- Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best practices.- Collaborate with Product, Frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end features.- Enforce strong engineering practices including TDD, linting, and test coverage.- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize systems using observability tools.- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across applications, databases, and task queues.Technical Skills Required:- Strong expertise in Python 3 and Django REST Framework.- Deep experience with PostgreSQL in production environments.- Hands-on experience with Celery or similar asynchronous task processing systems.- Strong testing discipline using pytest, coverage, and linting tools.- Experience with Docker, Docker Compose, and CI/CD pipelines.- Experience with integrating AWS services into the app.- Familiarity with observability tools such as Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana.Experience & Qualifications:- 4 years of professional backend development experience.- Prior experience acting as a technical lead or mentoring engineers.- Proven track record of building and maintaining production-grade backend systems.In this role, you will be expected to demonstrate strong ownership mindset, excellent communication skills across cross-functional teams, and the ability to balance hands-on development with architectural oversight. Additionally, your proactive approach in identifying risks, technical debt, and improvement opportunities will be crucial for success.(Job Type: Full-time, Work Location: In person) As the Backend Technical Lead at our company, you will play a pivotal role as the most senior backend engineer in the team. Your primary responsibilities will involve driving architectural decisions, ensuring backend system quality, and serving as a technical partner to Product and Engineering stakeholders. Your role will require a combination of hands-on backend development skills along with strong leadership and mentorship capabilities.Key Responsibilities:- Lead backend development efforts, ensuring alignment with engineering standards and product goals.- Translate product requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans.- Design, build, and maintain scalable Django REST APIs.- Oversee background task processing using Celery or equivalent systems.- Drive backend architecture decisions to enhance scalability, reliability, and performance.- Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best practices.- Collaborate with Product, Frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end features.- Enforce strong engineering practices including TDD, linting, and test coverage.- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize systems using observability tools.- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across applications, databases, and task queues.Technical Skills Required:- Strong expertise in Python 3 and Django REST Framework.- Deep experience with PostgreSQL in production environments.- Hands-on experience with Celery or similar asynchronous task processing systems.- Strong testing discipline using pytest, coverage, and linting tools.- Experience with Docker, Docker Compose, and CI/CD pipelines.- Experience with integrating AWS services into the app.- Familiarity with observability tools such as Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana.Experience & Qualifications:- 4 years of professional backend development experience.- Prior experience acting as a technical lead or mentoring engineers.- Proven track record of building and maintaining production-grade backend systems.In this role, you will be expected to demonstrate strong ownership mindset, excellent communication skills across cross-functional teams, and the ability to balance hands-on development with architectural oversight. Additionally, your proactive approach in identifying risks, technical debt, and improvement opportunities will be crucial for success.(Job Type: Full-time, Work Location: In person)

Keyskills :
PostgreSQLCeleryDockerPython 3Django REST FrameworkCICD pipelines