- 10+ years of professional software engineering with Python in production.
- Deep expertise with at least one Python web framework (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) and modern async programming.
- Strong CS fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, and concurrency
- Proven experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
- Solid SQL/ORM experience (SQLAlchemy/Django ORM) and schema design.
- Mastery of testing (unit/integration/contract), CI/CD (GitHub /Azure DevOps), and release strategies.
- Hands-on with cloud (Azure), containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
- Excellent communication; ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
