Python Lead

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
Leads the design, development, deployment, and production support of Python backend services and automation tooling. Builds REST APIs, administers Linux systems, writes Bash automation, manages systemd services, diagnoses production issues, and collaborates with DevOps on CI/CD, containers, and server hardening. Requires strong Oracle database, security, packaging, Git, and end-to-end service ownership experience.
Summary Generated by Built In
Key Responsibilities
•  Design and develop backend services and automation tooling in Python 3.x.
•  Build and consume RESTful APIs using FastAPI / Flask / Django.
•  Operate services on Linux (RHEL / Ubuntu / CentOS); manage users, groups, sudoers and file
permissions.
•  Write robust Bash / shell scripts for deployment, scheduling (cron / systemd timers) and
housekeeping.
•  Package, deploy and monitor services using systemd units, journald and standard Linux tooling.
•  Diagnose production issues using strace, lsof, top, iotop, ss, tcpdump and log analysis.
•  Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD, container builds and server hardening.
Must-Have Skills
•  7+ years of production Python development (3.9+).
•  Strong Linux administration: file system, processes, networking, systemd.
•  Deep understanding of sudo and /etc/sudoers — privilege delegation, NOPASSWD rules, security
implications.
•  Proficient in Bash scripting, cron, logrotate and SSH-based automation.
•  REST API frameworks: FastAPI, Flask or Django REST Framework.
•  Oracle database experience — PL/SQL, stored procedures, query tuning; cx_Oracle / oracledb
driver and SQLAlchemy ORM.
•  Virtual environments, pip / poetry, packaging and dependency hygiene.
•  Git-based workflows and code-review discipline.
Good-to-Have Skills
•  Containerization — Docker, Docker Compose, basic Kubernetes.
•  Configuration management (Ansible) or IaC (Terraform).
•  Message brokers — RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Streams.
•  Observability stack — Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.
•  Async Python (asyncio, aiohttp) and concurrency tuning.
•  Cloud exposure — AWS or Azure for compute, storage and secrets.
Qualifications
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Job Descriptions – .NET & Python
•  Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
•  Comfortable owning services end-to-end — from code to production support.
•  Strong problem-solving on Linux and clear technical communication.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of production Python development using Python 3.9 or later
  • Strong Linux administration experience, including filesystems, processes, networking, and systemd
  • Deep understanding of sudo and /etc/sudoers, including privilege delegation, NOPASSWD rules, and security implications
  • Proficiency in Bash scripting, cron, logrotate, and SSH-based automation
  • Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Django REST Framework
  • Oracle database experience with PL/SQL, stored procedures, query tuning, cx_Oracle or oracledb, and SQLAlchemy ORM
  • Experience with virtual environments, pip or Poetry, packaging, and dependency management
  • Git-based workflows and code-review discipline
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
  • Ability to own services end-to-end, from development through production support
  • Strong Linux problem-solving and clear technical communication
  • Containerization experience with Docker, Docker Compose, or basic Kubernetes
  • Configuration management with Ansible or infrastructure as code with Terraform
  • Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Redis Streams
  • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
  • Async Python and concurrency tuning experience
  • Cloud exposure to AWS or Azure for compute, storage, and secrets
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The Company
HQ: Toronto, ON
1,078 Employees
Year Founded: 1990

What We Do

Kumaran Systems is an IT Services Company with imprints in three countries. The past two decades has seen us provide our global clientele with high-end IT services that include migration support, system integration and infrastructure management solutions, providing one-stop-solution to all your IT demands. Our expertise and in-depth knowledge of businesses help us cater to a variety of industries. Our team strives to know your industry better, by observing current trends and the way it works, to tailor-make our solutions to your needs.With over 20 years of customer orientation, over 2000 engagements across Telecom, Education and Banking & Financial services spread across the globe, Kumaran stands as a key advisor to some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in their business driven technology enablement drive. Kumaran System's Customer Orientation is driven by a global delivery business model giving its customers to choose between an Onshore-Offshore mix. The delivery models enable multilevel touch points between the client, partner networks and Kumaran thereby enabling business driven customer sensitivity and agility. ENGAGE, EMERGE AND EXCEL Involving ourselves in a purposeful action, using our abilities to its maximum, helps us feel positive about ourselves. Such positivity gives raise to positive thinking and positive ideas. Ideas evolve into vision and set our aim! Our aspirations engage us with the incentive of sweet success! Every endeavor has its own pitfalls. Perseverance helps us emerge a successful entrepreneur after any deterrent. In our attempt to achieve our aim, we keep upgrading our knowledge and skill, to surface successful! A genius mind does not work to excel, but excels in work! We challenge ourselves with every next step! We change every deterrent to a stepping stone to success. We essentially, engage, emerge and excel

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