Full Stack Developer (Python), Vice President

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Python Full Stack Developer to design, build, and lead the development of modern, scalable web applications using Python-based microservices and React-based micro frontends.

The ideal candidate will be a strong hands-on technical lead with deep experience in Python, Django, FastAPI, REST APIs, React, microservices, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, automated testing, and enterprise software engineering practices.

This role requires both technical leadership and hands-on development. The Lead Developer will own application technical design, establish coding standards, guide developers, perform daily code and pull-request reviews, oversee CI/CD and deployments, support testing and production releases, and ensure that applications meet enterprise standards for quality, security, performance, maintainability, and auditability.

Role Objectives

• Lead the technical design and development of enterprise-grade Python full stack applications.

• Design scalable and reusable microservices architectures using Python frameworks such as Django, Django REST, FAST API, FLASK..etc.

• Define clear boundaries between APIs, business services, orchestration components, persistence layers, and frontend applications.

• Design and build RESTful APIs and service-to-service integrations.

• Establish reusable application frameworks, common libraries, API standards, error-handling patterns, logging standards, and development conventions.