As a seasoned API Team Lead with deep Python expertise at Teradata, your primary role will involve guiding a team of Python developers in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs that power enterprise applications. You will set technical direction, drive best practices in API design and software development patterns, and work cross-functionally to deliver reliable backend services aligned with business objectives. **Key Responsibilities:**
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Python developers, conduct code reviews. - Architect, design, and oversee the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Django REST Framework, or Flask. - Define and enforce API design standards, coding conventions, software development patterns, and documentation practices across the team. - Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and technical delivery commitments in close collaboration with product and engineering stakeholders. - Lead the design of microservices and service-oriented architectures, ensuring loose coupling, high cohesion, and independent deployability. - Oversee integration of APIs with relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases, ensuring efficient data modeling, query optimization, and data integrity. - Champion API security practices including authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and OWASP compliance. - Collaborate with frontend and full stack teams to define and maintain clear, versioned API contracts and developer-friendly documentation. - Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and DevOps practices within the Python API development workflow. - Evaluate and introduce tools, libraries, and frameworks that improve team productivity, API performance, and code maintainability. **Qualifications Required:**
7+ years of professional backend development experience, with at least 3 years in a technical lead or API architect role. - Deep, hands-on expertise in Python and widely used API frameworks such as FastAPI, Django REST Framework, or Flask. - Strong command of API design principles RESTful design, GraphQL, versioning strategies, pagination, and error handling standards. - Proven experience applying software development patterns such as MVC, Repository Pattern, Service Layer, CQRS, Dependency Injection, and Event-Driven architecture. - Hands-on experience with RDBMS platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server including schema design, ORM usage (SQLAlchemy, Django ORM), and query optimization. - Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or Elasticsearch including data modeling for non-relational use cases. - Solid knowledge of API security standards OAuth2, JWT, API key management, RBAC, ABAC, and Azure AD / SSO integration. - Experience with asynchronous programming in Python (asyncio, Celery, message queues) for building non-blocking, high-throughput services. - Proven track record of mentoring Python developers and driving technical direction across cross-functional engineering teams. - Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD tooling, and Agile delivery using Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps. In addition to the above, at Teradata, we prioritize a people-first culture and embrace a flexible work model. We focus on well-being, are an anti-racist company, and invite all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to fostering collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. As a seasoned API Team Lead with deep Python expertise at Teradata, your primary role will involve guiding a team of Python developers in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs that power enterprise applications. You will set technical direction, drive best practices in API design and software development patterns, and work cross-functionally to deliver reliable backend services aligned with business objectives. **Key Responsibilities:**
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Python developers, conduct code reviews. - Architect, design, and oversee the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Django REST Framework, or Flask. - Define and enforce API design standards, coding conventions, software development patterns, and documentation practices across the team. - Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and technical delivery commitments in close collaboration with product and engineering stakeholders. - Lead the design of microservices and service-oriented architectures, ensuring loose coupling, high cohesion, and independent deployability. - Oversee integration of APIs with relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases, ensuring efficient data modeling, query optimization, and data integrity. -
