Project Lead/Principal Engineer - Python

Experience

Position Overview:

You will be responsible for creating systems by efficiently architecting the users requirements intoamazing product features and supporting business functions within any industry vertical. They mentorteam members by reviewing their code, conducting targeted quality testing, and enhancing software applications in terms of performance and user experiences

Company Overview:

BOLD is an established and fast-growing product company that transforms work lives.Since 2005,weve helped more than 10,000,000 folks from all over America(and beyond!) reach higher and dobetter. A career at BOLD promises great challenges, opportunities, culture and the environment. Withour headquarters in Puerto Rico and offices in San Francisco and India,were a global organization on a path to changethe career industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a development team responsible for building and scaling browser automationtechnology that autonomously submits job applications
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Design, and Engineering to define technicalstrategy and execution Browser automation
• Design and maintain Python Playwright automation frameworks for auto-apply technology
• Ensure system performance at scale with careful consideration of resource limitations, costs,and bot detection
• Collaborate with product teams to align automation capabilities with business objectives,improving latency, success rates, and support across awide range of job applications
• Explore and implement cutting-edge technologies to enhance automation capabilities, ensuringefficiency, scalability, and adaptability to evolving requirements

Data-driven mindset

• Analyze business and system metrics in order to understand gaps in performance andrecommend solutions for improvement
• Strategize the instrumentation of advanced observability tools, structured logging, and event-driven data pipelines to monitor system behavior, detect anomalies, and optimize automationsuccess rates
• Architect effective test suites to maximize test coverage across a complex system
• Demonstrate an obsession over monitoring dashboards and observability tools

Architecture & Scalability

• Provide architectural guidance for building scalable, secure, and efficient applications.
• Continuously analyze and improve system architecture, reducing latency, increasing reliability,and ensuring seamless operation at scale.
• Optimize automation workflows using distributed computing principles andevent-drivenarchitecturesSystem Health & Operational Excellence
• Implement rigorous testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and performance testing,to ensure system stability and resilience.
• Ensure application health through monitoring, incident management, and proactive problemresolution. Design and maintain real-time monitoring solutions to track system health, detectanomalies, and proactively resolve issues.
• Drive compliance with enterprise standards for security and scalability.

Curiosity and ownership

• Demonstrate a desire to develop technical excellence in unfamiliar areas of technology, such asweb scraping, automation frameworks, and bot detection
• Carry a sense of ownership over the stability of the system, its technical roadmap, the growth ofthe team, and the success of the product at large

Required skills:

You should have 8-12 years of hands-on experience in building enterprise-grade softwareapplications by leveraging your strong software engineering background, solid experienceinPython and its frameworks, internal understanding of SQL and No-SQL.

• Databases and familiarity with cloud environments, including Azure. You should be able to takeownership of multiple functionalities and work with cross-functional Technology, Product,Engineering, and QA/Testing teams.•Advanced programming skills in Python with significant experience in object-oriented applicationdesign.
• Deep understanding of modern web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, andbrowser internals.
• Knowledge ofmicroservices architecture and design patterns relevant to scalable applications.
• Proficient in providing architectural guidance to build scalable, secure, and efficient applications.
• Experience with cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure) and serverless paradigms.
• Experience with caching technologies (e.g. Redis, in-memory caching)
• Experience with messaging protocols (e.g. Azure service bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Proficiency in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, continuous integration, and continuous deployment(CI/CD) pipelines.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor development teams, fostering a collaborative environment
• Strong experience in defining technical strategy and execution in collaborationwith cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering).
• In-depth understanding of system performance optimization, resource management, and cost-effective automation practices.
• Proficiency in implementing advanced observability tools, structured logging, and event-drivendata pipelines.
• Strong skills in architecting effective test suites and strategies to maximize test coverage acrosscomplex systems.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to advocate for technology strategies andexplain complex concepts clearly.
• Ability to collaborate seamlessly across time zones and with diverse teams to achieve projectobjectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.+Additional skills(Good to have):
• Web scraping methodologies and tools, including headless browser automation (e.g.,Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer), and familiarity with JavaScript execution within the scrapingcontext.
• Experience with web frameworks (e.g., FAST API, Flask, Django)
• Knowledge of database systems (SQL and NoSQL).
• Knowledge of leveraging LLMs (e.g., GPT, BERT) for enhancing web automation and userinteraction.+Qualifications:Engineering/ Masters Degree from a good Institute (preferably Computer Science correlated

Experience required:8-12 Years*

Note-Experience range may vary as per the technical skillset and internal parameters

Location:Noida (Hybrid working model)