Lead Python Developer

Job Title:  Lead Python Developer Location: McLean, VA Company: BLN24 About Us:  We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments. Position Overview: BLN24 is seeking a Lead Python Developer to support CFPB's RegTech BPA program by architecting and leading development of scalable, cloud-native, public-facing solutions. This role requires extensive experience designing API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed systems in Python, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and AWS-native serverless services, and demonstrated leadership of remote, cross-functional development teams.   Primary Responsibilities: Serve as lead developer and technical authority for a cross-functional team of remote developers Architect API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed, cloud-native solutions Develop, deploy, and troubleshoot Python-based containerized and serverless applications using Kubernetes and AWS-native services Design and implement performant REST APIs using modern Python frameworks Build Python-based libraries and services with high unit and integration test coverage Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for linting, testing, scanning, packaging, and deploying Python services Design PostgreSQL databases optimized for high-volume data ingestion and analytics, integrated with Python services Build Python-based ETL pipelines and provision AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code Integrate applications with web-based identity management and verification services Manage open-source codebases and public-facing releases using GitHub for source control and planning Required Qualifications 10+ years of professional experience architecting scalable solutions, including API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed, cloud-native solutions Solid understanding of system design, with specific experience developing, deploying, and troubleshooting Python-based containerized and serverless applications in a highly elastic architecture using Kubernetes and AWS-native services Experience leading a cross-functional team of remote developers and serving as a lead developer Experience working on open-source projects and delivering public-facing solutions Experience working with GitHub for source code management and planning Experience developing Python-based libraries and services with high unit and integration test coverage Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for linting, testing, scanning, packaging, and deploying Python-based services Experience designing and implementing performant REST APIs using modern Python frameworks Experience integrating with web-based…