We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer, Python to join our Technology team at Clarivate. The successful candidate will have a strong background in leading complex Python projects, with a deep understanding of data processing and data analysis.
About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
Minimum 5 years of backend (Python) engineering experience
Hands on experience of SQL and relational databases such as Postgres, MySQL, or similar with a track record in designing database schemas and architecting scalable data models
Implement data validation and cleansing processes to ensure data integrity.
Experience with cloud-based data storage and processing solutions, preferably AWS
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GitHub.
Outstanding knowledge of XML, JSON, CSV, HTML and other textual formats. Structured and unstructured data
Should have understanding of containerization and deployment strategies using Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience in system analysis and design, support and troubleshooting.
It would be great if you also had...
Experience with frontend technologies, ensuring maintainability and performance of Angular dashboards
Experience in REST API design development, preferably with Fast API
What will you be doing in this role?
Lead and own end-to-end delivery of complex technical projects across teams, ensuring alignment with business goals
Design and build highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems using Python
Drive database architecture decisions, performance tuning, indexing strategies and cost optimization for large-scale systems
Own and optimize AWS cloud architecture (S3, RDS, ECS), focusing on scalability, security and cost efficiency
Design and evolve microservices using Fast API, including API standards, versioning and service communication patterns
Manage robust data pipelines and workflows including monitoring, retries and failure handling strategies.
Proactively identify system bottlenecks and drive performance optimization and reliability improvements.
Collaborate with product, business and DevOps teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Take ownership of production systems, including incident management, root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
Participate in technical roadmap planning and contribute to long-term architecture vision
About the team
Our team comprises highly skilled engineering professionals dedicated to designing, developing and maintaining scalable, secure and reliable technology solutions. Operating across backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure and data engineering, we leverage modern technologies and best practices to deliver high-impact business outcomes. We foster a culture of technical excellence, strategic ownership, innovation and cross-functional collaboration, enabling our teams to solve complex challenges while continuously advancing architecture, performance and operational efficiency. This environment offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to long-term technology vision and enterprise-scale transformation.
Hours of Work
This is permanent position with Clarivate. You will be working for 9 hours per day including 1 hour lunch break.
At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.
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