Lead Software Engineer – Python

Dear Aspirant!

We empower our people to stay resilient and relevant in a constantly changing world. We’re looking for people who are always searching for creative ways to grow and learn. People who want to make a real impact, now and in the future. Does that sound like you? Then it seems like you’d make a great addition to our vibrant international team.

We are looking for: Lead Software Engineer – Python,

You’ll make an impact by:

• Lead the design and development of Python-based software components for AI-driven systems.
• Define and uphold coding standards, best practices, and architectural principles (OOP, SOLID, design patterns).
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to integrate and productionize Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI models.
• Architect and develop scalable RESTful APIs and backend systems using FastAPI or equivalent frameworks.
• Advocate for performance optimization, testability, and non-functional requirements (NFRs) across all solutions.
• Champion CI/CD practices, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and maintain system
• reliability at scale.
• Mentor junior engineers and create a culture of high-quality, maintainable software
• development.
• Contribute to solution design for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and Agentic AI
• workflows.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to align software solutions with AI and business goals.

Use your skills to move the world forward!

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development, with significant expertise in Python.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring software development teams.
• Strong command over software architecture, design patterns, and clean coding principles.
• Experience in building and scaling API-based systems, preferably with FastAPI or similar
• frameworks.
• Solid understanding of integrating ML/DL/GenAI models into production applications.
• Familiarity with RAG, single and multi-agent architectures, and AI solution patterns.
• Practical experience with AWS (Sagemaker, Bedrock) and/or Azure (ML Studio, OpenAIq Service).
• Exposure to MLOps, model versioning, and observability tools.
• Working knowledge of Java or Rust is a plus.
• Experience designing software systems for cloud-native environments.
• Prior experience working in the Power and Energy domain.
• Familiarity with scalable data processing, real-time systems, or event-driven architectures.
• Exposure to open-source tools and frameworks in the GenAI ecosystem (e.g., LangGraph, LlamaIndex, SmolAgents).
• Deep commitment to quality, performance, and engineering excellence.

Create a better #TomorrowWithUs!

This role is based in Bangalore, where you’ll get the chance to work with teams impacting entire cities, countries - and the shape of things to come.

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