Python Developer Lead

Role & responsibilities:

1. Analyze existing Nuclio-based REST APIs, handlers, business logic, and dependencies.
2. Migrate API business logic to Python/FastAPI microservices.
3. Maintain functional and API contract parity with existing services.
4. Work with existing shared libraries/SDKs and FastAPI frameworks.
5. Integrate APIs with backend systems and data stores.
6. Implement request validation, error handling, authentication/entitlement logic, and API transformations.
7. Develop unit and integration tests for migrated services.
8. Perform API contract and functional validation against existing services.
9. Troubleshoot application, integration, and performance issues.
10. Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and design reviews.
11. Prepare API/OpenAPI documentation and operational handover documentation.
12. Follow established coding, CI/CD, security, and development standards.

Preferred candidate profile:

1. Strong experience in Python backend development.
2. Hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar Python REST frameworks.
3. Strong understanding of REST APIs, API contracts, JSON/XML, HTTP methods, and status codes.
4. Experience developing microservices and migrating/refactoring existing applications.
5. Strong understanding of unit and integration testing using frameworks such as PyTest.
6. Experience working with one or more databases such as:
7. MongoDB
8. Cassandra
9. Elasticsearch / Solr
10. SQL/NoSQL databases
11. Experience with asynchronous programming/concurrency in Python.
12. Good understanding of Docker and Kubernetes environments.
13. Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD pipelines.
14. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.