Infosys - Principal Python Full Stack Developer

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Principal Python Full Stack Developer to define the technical architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise-scale web applications and digital platforms.

The role involves guiding backend and frontend architecture, establishing engineering standards, driving platform scalability and security, and mentoring technical leaders across teams.

Key Responsibilities :

• Define the architecture and technical roadmap for scalable full stack platforms and enterprise applications.

• Lead architectural decisions across Python backend services, frontend applications, APIs, and data layers.

• Design distributed, cloud-native systems with a focus on availability, scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

• Establish standards for API design, application integration, component reuse, frontend architecture, and backend service development.

• Guide the selection of frameworks, libraries, databases, messaging platforms, and cloud technologies.

• Drive platform modernization, application re-engineering, and migration from legacy systems.

• Establish secure application architecture, identity and access management, data protection, and security review practices.

• Define performance engineering strategies for backend processing, database operations, frontend rendering, and high-volume API traffic.

• Guide database architecture, caching, asynchronous processing, and event-driven integration.

• Establish best practices for automated testing, CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and production readiness.

• Partner with engineering leaders, enterprise architects, product stakeholders, and infrastructure teams to align technical strategy with business goals.

• Review critical designs and implementations, assess technical risks, and ensure long-term architectural sustainability.

• Mentor senior engineers, architects, and technical leads while strengthening engineering capabilities across teams.

• Drive engineering productivity, code quality, developer experience, and technical debt reduction.

• Lead resolution of complex production issues and define preventive strategies for system reliability.

Required Skills :

• Extensive hands-on experience with Python and large-scale application development.

• Deep expertise in Python frameworks such as Django and FastAPI.

• Strong experience designing enterprise-grade frontend applications using React.js, Angular, or equivalent frameworks.

• Advanced knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript, frontend performance, component architecture, and responsive application design.