Python Tech Lead – Portugal (Brazil)

Python Tech Lead needed to join our growing team on a permanent basis in Portugal.

As the Python Tech Lead you will work closely with the entire technology team to drive innovation and to bring new features and functionality to both internal and external customers whilst supporting their continued growth. You will be a specialist in the creative and technical aspects of website creation and delivery. You will understand business requirements, designs technical solutions, but also plan the support of applications and guide other members of the team.

What you’ll be doing:
Ensure client systems are built to a high level of quality, usability, and stability

Ensure the development enhances the processes to manage change, versioning, and deployment

Ensure functional requirements are correctly translated and interpreted to create robust and clear code

Ensure traceability of requirements throughout life cycle

Define and ensure adherence to application engineering guidelines, processes and procedures

Creating appropriate documentation for requirements, procedures, processes, and revisions

Providing direction and guidance to team members on technical issues

Informing and influencing team approach to new standards & best practices.

Supporting the continual development

Leading the approach, design, development, and architecture for Django implementations

Making major architectural decisions related to security, reliability, performance, and scalability of the application

What we want from you:
Experience Leading a cross functional team

Production experience with Python.

Knowledge of Django framework.

Experience with SQL (MySQL to be precise).

Production experience with AWS services – EC2, RDS.

Automatization skills – Terraform, Jenkins.

Linux and apache2 server administration skills.

Experience with Suit Django

Experience writing readable, maintainable, modular and extendable code

Experience writing documentation

Experience working in an Agile environment.

Experience in Unit testing

Bachelor’s degree in any computer related field or equivalent experience.

Ability to work under pressure and deliver result in a fast-paced environment within tight deadline

Product development focused

If you know some of this, even better:
JavaScript, Typescript, Angular 13

Good verbal and written English

Proactive attitude

Good research and development ability

Experience working in a team environment

An eye for detail and quality, even within fast paced environments

A professional development approaches

Excellent communication skills, at both a technical and non-technical level

What we can offer you:
Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, social events, training opportunities, medical and dental insurance, life assurance, meal cards and much more.

What we do: At Wunderman Thompson we inspire growth for ambitious brands. Within our commerce and technology division, that means inspiring people across the globe to shop online through seamless digital experiences.

How we do it: Our commerce and technology division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co.

We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia.

What makes us different? Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, we’re unique in our ability to connect world-class strategic thinking and creative insight, with deep executional capability across technology and operations. We’re part of the WPP Group, which gives us the talent, infrastructure and support of one of the largest agency networks in the world.

We were recognised by Forrester as a Leader in Commerce Services (Q1,2021) and in Digital Experience Services (Q2, 2022), and as Best Large Agency of the Year at the European Ecommerce Awards 2022.

In our Lisbon or Porto office, you’ll join a team of other specialists who are always ready to help each other. The team is part of our Wunderman Thompson Commerce and Technologies network and works in coordination with our Local and EMEA client leads.

Please note that this job is a full-time position located in Lisbon or Porto, but the selection process will be conducted in English.

Please send over your CV in English

At Wunderman Thompson, a WPP company, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect. As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.