Application Lead - Python / React.js

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of web applications using Python Django for backend services and React.js for frontend interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and product owners to gather requirements, analyze business needs, define project scope, and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the development team, fostering a culture of best practices, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and architectural guidelines to ensure code quality, reusability, and maintainability.
• Drive performance tuning, debugging, and troubleshooting efforts to optimize application speed, reliability, and user experience.
• Collaborate with QA teams to define testing strategies and ensure robust automated testing coverage.
• Work with DevOps and infrastructure teams to streamline deployment pipelines, CI / CD processes, and monitoring solutions.
• Participate in architectural design discussions and technology evaluations to drive modernization and scalability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating relevant innovations into the development lifecycle.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX / UI, QA, and business analysts, to align development efforts with business Skills & Experience :
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development with a strong focus on Python and the Django framework.
• Hands-on experience with React.js and modern frontend development practices (hooks, state management, component-driven design).
• Proven experience leading development teams or projects, with strong mentoring and leadership skills.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, development, and integration.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM frameworks (Django ORM).
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming and task queues (Celery, Redis).
• Expertise in writing clean, well-documented, and testable code; experience with testing frameworks (PyTest, Jest, etc.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of frontend build tools (Webpack, Babel) and package managers (npm, yarn).
• Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git, and branching / merging strategies.
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum development environments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to drive projects to completion.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical Qualifications :
• Experience with GraphQL APIs.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with CI / CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Exposure to security best practices for web applications (OWASP)

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