Staff Python Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership

• Define and implement the technical strategy for transitioning our Core Domains by accurately replicating our custom PHP framework in Python utilizing FastAPI

• Take ownership of architectural decisions to facilitate a smooth, non-disruptive migration: managing code duplication and gradually shifting traffic from the legacy stack to the new one

• Design the necessary patterns and abstractions to ensure that the new Python framework is functionally equivalent to the existing one while adhering to modern standards

• Establish technical standards and best practices for phasing out legacy systems

• Mentor and enhance the skills of a backend team focused on the migration

• Collaborate with other squad leaders to ensure a unified evolution of the platform

• Lead technical decision-making and address the most intricate architectural challenges

• Promote a culture of technical excellence and ongoing improvement

• Ensure functional equivalence between the existing and new stacks: data stored in the legacy system must be identically accessible in the new system

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficiency in Python: You possess deep knowledge of Python, including its architecture, algorithms, and design patterns (SOLID, DDD, hexagonal architecture...). You are skilled in designing Python systems that are efficient, maintainable, and scalable.

• Experience with high-availability, high-performance, and scalability challenges: You have designed or managed systems under significant load and comprehend the implications for architectural decisions, concurrency management, and optimization.

• Expertise in distributed systems and microservices: You understand the challenges associated with these concepts: data consistency, resilience, observability, and inter-service communication patterns.

• Proficiency in API design: RESTful, GraphQL, backward compatibility, and versioning.

• Experience with large-scale migration or modernization projects: You have led or actively participated in transforming legacy systems, ideally in the context of progressive migration (strangler fig pattern or similar methodologies).

• Technical leadership: You have a history of managing teams or leading technically complex projects.

• Fluent in English: Required for effective communication in our international environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for remote work