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Remote in Colombia, Mexico
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We are seeking a Lead Python Web Engineer to build and evolve secure, resilient financial technology services and APIs. You will guide system design, quality practices, and collaboration across distributed teams—apply now to help deliver reliable client outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Design resilient, compliant, and auditable service architectures for financial platforms
- Lead refactoring and redesign initiatives on critical systems to improve reliability and maintainability
- Build Python web services and APIs using Flask and FastAPI
- Define database models and data access patterns using PostgreSQL
- Implement robust automated tests and coordinate manual integration testing where needed
- Operate and troubleshoot services using AWS capabilities such as S3, Lambda, and CloudWatch
- Enforce code review standards and mentor peers through feedback and shared learning
- Collaborate with agile teams to plan, estimate, and deliver high-impact features
- Coordinate work across global teams to align technical decisions and delivery timelines
Requirements
- 5+ years of Python web development experience with Flask and FastAPI
- 5+ years of cloud engineering experience with Amazon Web Services
- Leadership experience guiding architecture and code quality in distributed teams
- Project experience delivering complex, high-stakes applications in agile environments
- Strong system design expertise across microservices, API design, and database modeling
- Strong test automation skills including unit and manual integration testing
- Strong Docker and containerization skills for local and production workflows
- Strong PostgreSQL experience including schema design and performance considerations
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with code reviews and peer learning
- Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
- Comfortable cross-time-zone collaboration skills for global teamwork
Nice to have
- GitHub Actions expertise including CI/CD workflows and Jira to GitHub integrations
- Kubernetes experience operating containerized services
- Redis experience for caching or data structures in production systems