About this role
<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Role Summary</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are seeking a hands-on <strong>Technical Lead (Python)</strong> to join our Service Operations team, with a strong focus on Python development, automation, scripting, technical leadership, and DevOps practices.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This role is ideal for a senior engineer or technical lead who is strong in Python, enjoys building automation solutions, and is comfortable working in cloud-native environments. The expected focus is approximately <strong>70% Python development and automation testing</strong> and <strong>30% DevOps-related activities</strong>, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and deployment automation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Technical Lead will provide technical direction, guide engineering practices, mentor team members, and work closely with development, QA, DevOps, and operations teams to improve system reliability, automate repetitive workflows, support testing activities, and contribute to scalable engineering practices.</span></p> <h2> </h2> <h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lead the design, development, maintenance, and enhancement of Python-based applications, automation tools, scripts, and utilities.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers, including code reviews, solution design, troubleshooting, and best-practice adoption.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Design and implement automation scripts to support testing, monitoring, deployment, and operational workflows.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build and maintain automation test scripts using Python and related frameworks.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Support backend service development, API integration, and internal tooling using Python.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, and operations teams to define technical approaches and ensure effective delivery.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Drive improvements in code quality, maintainability, reliability, scalability, and performance.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Integrate automated scripts and tools into CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions or similar platforms.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Support DevOps-related activities, including build, deployment, release automation, and environment configuration.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Work with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to support deployment and operations in cloud-native environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Troubleshoot application, automation, and deployment issues across development, test, and production-like environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Contribute to technical documentation, coding standards, automation guidelines, and continuous improvement initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Support team planning, task breakdown, technical estimation, and delivery coordination in Agile/DevOps environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mentor and coach team members, helping them grow their technical capabilities and follow engineering best practices.</span></li> </ul> <h2> </h2> <h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">7+ years of hands-on experience in Python development, with at least 1–2 years in a technical lead, senior engineer, or similar leadership role.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strong Python coding capability, including scripting, automation, backend development, and API integration.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience leading technical discussions, reviewing code, guiding solution design, and supporting engineering teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience in automation testing or test script development using Python.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good understanding of software engineering practices, clean code, debugging, maintainability, and performance optimization.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions or similar tools.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Familiarity with Linux environments and shell scripting.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working with REST APIs and service integration.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good understanding of cloud-native application environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working in Agile/DevOps teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, operations, and infrastructure teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ability to mentor engineers, coordinate technical work, and support delivery across cross-functional teams.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience with AWS cloud services.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience with infrastructure automation or deployment scripting.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience with test automation frameworks such as Pytest, Robot Framework, or similar.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Exposure to backend frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working in regulated or security-heavy environments, such as banking, FinTech, or European organizations operating under ISO 27001, GDPR, or similar standards.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working with compliance, audit, security, or risk-related requirements in enterprise technology environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Understand secure development constraints and be used to working with compliance and security requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience in banking, financial services, or enterprise application environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Basic understanding of application security and secure coding practices is a plus.</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><em>(Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 workdays, please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding)</em></span></p>