Principal - Python Engineer

At Mindera, we believe that software is built by people, for people with high performance systems that impact users worldwide. We are looking for a Principal Python Engineer to join an agile, collaborative team where your voice matters as much as your code. You won’t just be managing infrastructure, you’ll be a technical partner helping us build resilient systems that scale. We value empathy, self-organization, and the courage to take risks. If you love solving complex problems and believe that teaching others is the best way to learn, you’ll feel right at home here. We’re looking for someone who loves to build, learn, and guide others. You’ll be working closely with our leadership (CEO/COO) and our clients, so clear communication and a collaborative spirit are key. At Mindera we encourage the use of AI to assist with coding and related tasks. We find a persons skill in engineering and software craft, has a big impact long term successful delivery, with or without AI. Our goal in the interview process is to understand the candidates knowledge and skill with engineering. If you need to, or plan to use AI, please be transparent with us when you're using it, to avoid issues and misunderstandings that can either: impact your chance of securing the role or impact your success at Mindera. National and international expected traveling time varies according to project/client and organizational needs: 0%-15% estimated. 💪 How You'll Contribute Build Software & APIs: Build software services and APIs using Python frameworks (ideally FastAPI ) to create smooth, reliable data processing and deployment experiences. Cloud Infrastructure Engineering: Design and maintain secure cloud infrastructure from a software engineering perspective, handling core networking components like WAF and CDN. Deploy & Orchestrate: Use Terraform to manage infrastructure as code and deploy scalable services using Kubernetes (specifically AKS) and Docker. Build & Maintain Pipelines: Implement end-to-end data solutions , ensuring data flows correctly across real-time (Kafka/Kinesis) and batch architectures Requirements 🌿 We're Looking for Someone Who... Bridges Data and Software Engineering (Technical Design): Has deep expertise in software design and architectural principles, applying a software engineer's mindset to solve complex infrastructure and data modeling challenges. Sets the technical direction for the organization, aligning core system designs with strategic goals while effectively communicating complex architectures to diverse stakeholders. Drives Python Excellence & Core Engineering Practices (Software Development): Brings mastery in Python and related ecosystem frameworks to lead language and technology adoption across multiple teams. Acts as an expert in identifying and promoting industry best practices, code versioning, advanced debugging, performance tuning, and troubleshooting high-throughput Python applications. Elevates Quality & Testing…