Senior Python Engineer

As a Manager Python Engineer, you will lead and manage Python-based engineering teams, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and efficient solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and contribute to the strategic direction of technology initiatives.

• Advanced Python (10+ years): Deep expertise in the CPython runtime, memory management, and high-performance libraries like Polars, Dask, or NumPy for processing multi-gigabyte flat files.
• Distributed Systems & Messaging: Mastery of Apache Kafka (partitioning strategies, consumer group rebalancing, and exactly-once semantics) and legacy IBM MQ (Queue Managers, Channels, and XA Transactions).
• Data Integrity & Normalization: Experience with financial data types and the pitfalls of floating-point arithmetic. Must be proficient in building automated reconciliation tools using Great Expectations or custom set-based validation logic.
• On-Premise Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift on bare metal or private VMs. Understanding of Linux kernel tuning for I/O-intensive batch processing.
• GenAI Ops: Practical experience hosting and querying private LLMs (e.g., Mistral, Llama 3) using local inference engines like vLLM or Ollama for code-translation tasks.
• Database Mastery: Expert-level SQL and experience with high-performance on-prem databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) used as state-stores for batch processing.

Salary Range : USD 128,000- USD 193,000

Benefits

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.