Python Engineer Team Lead

6+ years of backend engineering experience including distributed systems design 2+ years in a role with technical leadership responsibilities Experience with planning, estimation and delivering complex projects Strong understanding of performance optimization and scalability principles Confident in owning decisions with business impact Able to work under high delivery pressure and manage trade-offs B1+ English level

Take full ownership of planning and delivering platform roadmap items Lead the backend engineers in the team, organize day-to-day work and ensure predictable delivery Plan work for the next quarter and contribute to high-level multi-quarter planning Improve delivery accuracy, reduce delays, and manage risks early Design and develop scalable high-load backend solutions Optimize data flows, performance, and system reliability Drive modernization of legacy services, architecture improvements and technical debt reduction Collaborate with product owners, solution architects and other teams on priorities and alignment Ensure proper documentation, visibility and knowledge sharing inside the team