Python Engineer - Technical Architect/Lead

Location: Atlanta, GA - Hybrid (3 Days per Week Onsite)

Employment Type: Full-Time (FTE)

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced Python Technical Architect / Lead to define the architectureand technical direction. In this role, you will own end-to-end solution design for domain-alignedservices supporting customer onboarding, KYC, money movement, and IRA accounts. You willlead a team of engineers, act as the primary technical point of contact, and ensure that solutionsare secure, scalable, compliant, and built to high engineering standards. Key Responsibilities Define and own the end-to-end architecture for serverless, event-driven systems onAWS, aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Apply Domain-Driven Design to establish service boundaries, and guide the use ofdesign patterns such as Saga, CQRS, outbox, circuit breaker, and idempotentprocessing. Design RESTful and event-driven APIs using API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, and Step Functions, including API standards and versioning. Architect resilient vendor integrations and data models across PostgreSQL and DynamoDB, with pipelines feeding Snowflake. Address non-functional requirements including scalability, performance, availability, observability, and cost optimization. Embed security and compliance across the platform, including IAM, KMS, SSO/OAuth2(Okta), PII protection, and audit logging. Produce architecture artifacts such as solution designs, Architecture Decision Records(ADRs), and technical roadmaps. Lead and mentor the engineering team, define engineering standards (TDD, codereviews, IaC, CI/CD), and contribute hands-on to critical components. Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients, leading architecturediscussions and translating business requirements into technical solutions with cleartrade-offs. Partner with product and delivery teams on estimation, planning, and risk mitigation, andsupport pre-sales activities as needed. Required Skills and Experience Extensive experience in Python back-end development, with deep expertise in Djangoor FastAPI. Proven experience architecting and delivering production systems on AWS serverlessservices: Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, and DynamoDB. Strong command of Domain-Driven Design, event-driven architecture, microservices, and distributed system design patterns. Expertise in PostgreSQL and data modelling, with SQLAlchemy or the Django ORM, andsolid understanding of NoSQL design for DynamoDB. Experience designing secure integrations using REST, OAuth2, and Okta, with emphasison reliability, retries, and idempotency. Strong grounding in test-driven development and testing strategy using pytest, moto, and LocalStack. In-depth knowledge of AWS security (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager) and secure handlingof PII. Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record ofworking directly with clients. Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, orGitHub Copilot. Good to have Experience in fintech, banking, wealth management, or other regulated industries. Infrastructure-as-code expertise with AWS CDK or Terraform, and experience designingCI/CD pipelines. Experience designing ETL/ELT pipelines and working with Snowflake. Experience with observability tooling.