Position: Python Team Lead
Company: Newxel
Category: Python
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Responsibilities

Build from scratch and lead a top-notch software development team
Define development and testing processes and practices to ensure velocity and quality
Work with product management to define product roadmaps, balancing requirements with technological considerations
Collaborate closely with various teams, including machine learning, DevOps, development teams overseas, and support
Report to Head of Software Engineering, as a prominent member of the software management team

Requirements

Experience in growing and leading software engineering team, managing developers, and mentoring them
Experience leading end to end software development, from requirements, through architecture, development, testing, delivery, and all associated processes
Experience working on complex software systems involving both Cloud/SaaS and On-Prem, in microservices architectures
Knowledge of agile development processes and best practices, and demonstrated experience assimilating those to achieve streamlined execution
Ability and desire to span from high-level concepts to low-level details of implementation
Customer and business orientation
Self-motivated individual that can build an exceptional team from the ground up
At least 7 years of experience in software development
At least 3 years of experience leading a software development team
BSc in computer science, electrical engineering, or equivalent

Will be a plus
Startup experience, building production systems from an early stage
Experience working on products sold to enterprise customers
Familiarity with concepts of IT environments and complex integrations
Experience with Python and its ecosystem
Hands-on experience with modern Frontend and Backend technologies
Experience in cloud services
Experience working on products involving machine and deep learning
Experience dealing with time-series data
Understanding control systems

What we offer
Competitive salary
Medical insurance
Tax compensation
Full remote
Long-term employment with 20 working days paid vacation
Paid sick leaves (10 per year)

About the project
Newxel partners with high-tech and innovative companies. Our new client is a Houston startup that has developed a deep learning product for monitoring, engineering, and monetizing process industries. It’s an end-to-end platform, that is using AI and ML to process control and operations at chemical plants and refineries.

Founded by world-class ML scientists and world-known experts in process manufacturing, the company has already raised $50M from tier-1 venture capital firms.