Position: Python Team Lead #8911
Company: Lohika
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Our client is a US company that operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase and helps people to get consumer credits in transparent and friendly way. Engineering organization is focused on creating robust, modern micro-services application implemented in Python and Kotlin.
“Merchant Core” team is mainly focused on new microservices creation by moving core functionality from Python monolith to new small deployable targets.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead a Python team consisting of backend developers
Take ownership of Lohika team delivery
Work in close contact with team members and project stakeholders on the client’s site
Take an active role in architectural discussions
Implement BE functionality according to high-quality delivery standard

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
MUST HAVE:
TL experience for at least 2 years
At least 5 years of experience with Python
Good SQL and Protobuf knowledge
AWS and Kubernetes stack is desired
Experience in building reliable, high-available, distributed architectures
Experience in Microservice architecture and its patterns
Strong troubleshooting experience
Upper-intermediate level of English

WOULD BE A PLUS:
Flask, unittest, Mockito experience
Hands on experience with Docker
Understanding of Financial sector and Global Finance