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Job Description: Python Developer - Tech Lead - East Coast US
@ StarCompliance
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United States
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Full Time
Responsibilities:
Providing technical guidance, Leading engineering teams, Overseeing software projects
Requirements Summary:
Proven experience in a leadership role, advanced skills in Python, experience with ORM frameworks, and a good understanding of OOP and design.
Technical Tools Mentioned:
Python, AWS, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Flask, MongoDB, Kafka, Typescript
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About StarCompliance 
StarCompliance is on a mission to make compliance simple and easy. Trusted globally by enterprise financial institutions, the user-friendly STAR platform empowers organizations to achieve regulatory compliance while safeguarding their integrity and business reputations. Through a customizable, 360-degree view of employee activity, the STAR software enables firms to automate the detection and resolution of potential areas of conflict while streamlining daily workflows and increasing efficiency.  
 
Role 
This role combines managerial responsibilities with hands-on technical contributions, making it ideal for a leader who is passionate about both driving teams and staying deeply involved in the technical aspects of software development. 
The candidate must have a good level of experience of working with and overseeing the development of complex, multi-tenanted, scalable applications/microservices. The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of technical expertise and leadership experience to guide our engineering teams.  Great coding hygiene, solid design and architecture experience are essential.  


Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams. 
Stay hands-on with coding and contribute to the development of critical components 
Collaborate with architects to define and maintain a scalable and robust software architecture. 
Drive initiatives to improve system architecture and overall engineering efficiency. 

Team Management: 
Lead, inspire, and manage a team of skilled engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. 
Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to drive professional growth. 
Drive the team towards meeting deadlines with precision and efficiency. 
Instill a culture of accountability and results-oriented focus within the engineering teams. 

Project Management: 
In accordance with Agile/Scrum practices, oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines. 
Collaborate with product teams and other stakeholders to define project scopes and requirements. 
Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and enhance engineering effectiveness. 

Software Development and Architectural Oversight: 
Leverage expertise in Python, AWS, ORMs and general system design to contribute to the design and development of SaaS software solutions. 
Ensure the implementation of best practices in coding, testing, and deployment. 
Collaborate with architects to define and maintain a scalable and robust software architecture. 
Drive initiatives to improve system architecture and overall engineering efficiency. 

Communication and Collaboration: 
Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, other engineering teams, operations and sales 


Skills and experience
Proven experience in a leadership or managerial role, guiding and developing high-performing engineering teams.  
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
Advance skills in Python 
Experience of using ORM frameworks (e.g.SqlAlchemy, Django) 
A good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and Design 
Commercial experience of working on enterprise level applications 
A proven track record overseeing the development of large/complex projects 
Experience of relational database management systems (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle,PostgreSQL) 
Strong interpersonal skills, working with internal technical staff and stakeholders 
Practical experience of analysing requirements 
Ability to quickly learn new technical skills 
Coaching and mentoring 
 
Desirable skills 
Experience of working with Flask, MongoDB, Kafka, Typescript, AWS  
Experience of working with statically typed Python codebases  
Experience defining, implementing or supporting software in financial services industry(either traditional finance or crypto) preferred  
Experience of Domain Driven Design (DDD)