Python Developer

As a technical leader, this individual will be responsible for driving innovation, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the scalability, security, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, security, compliance, and data analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Develop Backend Systems Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend solutions, ensuring robust APIs for mobile, web, and third-party integrations.
• Ensure Performance, Security & Compliance Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability; implement security best practices; ensure compliance with AML, KYC, data privacy, and state-by-state sweepstakes regulations.
• Manage Data Infrastructure Build and maintain data pipelines to support analytics, fraud detection, geolocation controls, and regulatory reporting.
• Lead & Mentor Provide technical leadership, guide engineers in best practices, and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Drive Technical Strategy Lead architectural discussions, evaluate emerging technologies in gaming/fintech/AI fraud detection, and align solutions with long-term company goals.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally Partner with product, finance, compliance, and support teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and ensure seamless operations.
• Ensure Operational Resilience Lead incident response for outages or security events, implement proactive monitoring/alerting systems, and conduct root cause analysis for long-term fixes.
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, developing, and scaling high-performance backend systems.
• Expert hands-on expertise in Python for backend development, automation, and data processing.
• Skilled in API development, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and making strategic architectural decisions.
• Excellent collaboration skills across product, finance, compliance, and support functions.
• Experience with data pipeline design, analytics integration, and geolocation-based access controls is preferred as is having an understanding of system performance tuning, security protocols, and regulatory compliance (AML, KYC, data privacy).