Python Lead Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Principal Software Engineer with 12-15 years of experience to join our engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services and platform capabilities.

You will work on modern backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Redis, and cloud-native technologies, while contributing to architecture, API design, performance, reliability, and engineering quality. Experience with Azure Container Apps and Azure Blob Storage is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Python
• Build high-performance, secure, and maintainable services using FastAPI and similar web frameworks
• Own backend architecture, technical design, and implementation for complex systems
• Design and consume RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications
• Build reusable backend components, platform services, and integration capabilities
• Work with relational and NoSQL databases to design efficient data models and access patterns
• Collaborate with product, frontend, platform, QA, DevOps, and security teams to deliver robust solutions
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis and long-term fixes
• Write unit, integration, and API tests to ensure high code quality and release confidence
• Define and promote coding standards, engineering best practices, and CI quality gates
• Participate in design discussions, technical refinements, and architecture reviews
• Leverage GitHub Copilot to improve productivity, code quality, refactoring, testing, and documentation

Mandatory Skills

• 10-15 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience in Python backend development
• Strong experience with FastAPI or similar Python web frameworks
• RESTful API design with OpenAPI/Swagger
• Backend architecture, microservices, and distributed systems
• Relational database experience, preferably PostgreSQL
• Containerized application development using Docker
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills

Please share your resume to Vikram_Koteswararao@epam.com

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Location : Bangalore