Lead Python Engineer

We are looking for a talented and driven Lead Python Engineer to lead a team of skilled developers in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable microservices and APIs for our Digital Health Platform. You will play a crucial role in fostering team collaboration, driving technical excellence, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Kindly note that this role supports remote work, but only from within Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Own team's solutions end-to-end: from requirements analysis through deployment and production support
• Be fully accountable for quality, performance, and reliability of all team deliverables
• Foster ownership culture where team members take responsibility for their work quality
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 5-7 Python developers with strong ownership mindset
• Ensure solutions meet all requirements before deployment and proactively resolve production issues
• Manage workload distribution and ensure balanced team capacity
• Define and enforce platform standards and best practices for the Digital Health Platform
• Oversee microservices architecture, inter-service communication, and API contract design
• Lead API-first development ensuring OpenAPI specs are source of truth with consistent auto-generated models
• Conduct thorough code reviews ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to standards
• Stay current with industry trends and evaluate new technologies
• Break down requirements into actionable tasks and ensure team understands them from inception
• Hands-on contribution: design and implement scalable microservices and RESTful APIs using Python 3.12 and FastAPI
• Create and review OpenAPI specifications as source of truth, implementing APIs with auto-generated models
• Oversee Azure deployments using Kubernetes and Docker with CI/CD via GitHub Actions
• Ensure robust testing practices, including API contract testing with pytest
• Lead API contract discussions ensuring alignment across all consuming teams
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and OpenAPI specifications
• Proactively manage technical risks, dependencies, and team workload in fast-paced environment

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Python development
• At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
• Proven expertise in FastAPI, Pydantic, and Uvicorn
• Experience with deployment on Azure using Kubernetes and Docker
• Skills in building CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions
• Proficiency in designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Flexibility to use tools ensuring high code quality, such as ruff and mypy
• Competency in scaling and optimizing system reliability, scalability, and performance
• Showcase of hands-on leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Understanding of balancing delivery speed with quality and technical excellence
• Expertise in breaking down requirements into actionable tasks and ensuring alignment with team capacity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (B2+ level)

Nice to have

• Familiarity with OpenAPI Specification (OAS)
• Qualifications in pytest for API contract testing
• Knowledge of type checking using mypy

We offer

• With us you can:
  • Work on a flexible schedule remotely or from any of our comfortable offices or coworking spaces in Ukraine
  • Receive the necessary equipment to perform your work tasks
  • Change projects and technology stacks within EPAM
  • Gain experience in various business domains (Insurance, E-commerce, Healthcare, Finance, Travelling, Media, Artificial Intelligence, and more)
  • Relocation opportunities may be available for eligible candidates, depending on the role and openings at other EPAM locations
  • Participate in volunteer, charity programs and communities (both technical and interest-based)
• We focus on your professional growth:
  • You can plan your individual career path together with your manager
  • Receive regular feedback from colleagues
  • Improve your English for free with certified teachers (Speaking Clubs, client interview preparation courses, etc.)
  • Get the opportunity to undergo free training and certification in AWS, GCP, or Azure Clouds
  • Use the internal E-learn training program (18,200+ specialized training and mentoring programs)
  • Access corporate accounts on LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract and other partner resources
  • Study at EPAM Solution Architecture School with the instructors who are practicing architects
  • Develop as a leader, join Delivery Management, Resource Management, Leadership Essentials school and more
  • Participate in internal communities (500+ meetups, technical discussions, brainstorming sessions, online events and conferences annually)
• What we offer:
  • Vacation and sick leave (including a sick leave without a medical certificate)
  • A wide range of Voluntary Medical Insurance programs providing both medical treatment and various preventive options (including sports activities)
  • Medical insurance for family members at corporate rates
  • Company support during significant life events (childbirth or adoption, marriage, etc.)
  • Support for psychological comfort: discounts on services from mental health specialists or coaches, thematic training
  • E-kids program - a free programming language training program for EPAMers' children

Kindly be advised that the set of benefits, including learning, certification, and other opportunities, may vary depending on the role you apply for. Our recruiter will be able to share more details about the specific opportunity during your general interview.

EPAM strives to provide its global team of over 62,350 professionals in more than 55 countries with opportunities for professional growth from day one of collaboration. Our colleagues are the source of EPAM's success, so we value cooperation, strive to always understand our clients' business and aim for the highest quality standards. No matter where you are, you will join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you realize your potential to the fullest.