Lead Software Engineer - Python & Cloud

Senior Python Developer / DevOps Engineer – Critical Cloud Platform

Société Générale is accelerating the digitalization of its IT by investing in a private cloud that provides secure, scalable services to thousands of developers across the Group. As part of this strategy, we centralized the hosting of cloud services (XaaS) APIs within a dedicated platform called CCP.

• →Design and implement features requested by users or required to meet architectural challenges
• →Develop clean, maintainable, production‑grade Python code for CCP APIs (onboarding, deployment, automation…)
• →Ensure all new features contribute to a seamless user experience and meet high reliability standards
• →Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture choices within the team

• Continuously improve the platform’s observability (metrics, logs, traces)
• Guarantee the reliability and performance targets defined by the cloud platform
• Contribute to incident analysis and root-cause investigations

• Support users (L2/L3) and enhance RUN processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Automate recurring operations wherever possible
• Ensure deployments and operations follow industrial‑grade DevOps practices

• Promote best practices in Python backend development across the team
• Challenge existing processes and propose improvements that enhance code quality, maintainability, and platform resilience

We’re seeking a Senior Developer with 3+ years of proven experience in backend development and in running critical systems in production.

• Python backend engineering (Flask, Celery) — strong software engineering skills, not just scripting
• Solid understanding of clean architecture, maintainability, and production‑ready API development
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions
• Kubernetes: deployments, scaling, troubleshooting
• Linux system expertise
• Strong experience with observability in production contexts:
  Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Fluentd
• Experience with:
  PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, S3, Hashicorp Vault, Kafka, Elastic Stack

You will join a 7‑member Scrum team distributed between Paris and Bangalore.
The team works closely together on a shared mission: delivering a secure, reliable, and scalable platform used by internal developers across the Group.

Why Join Us

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status”.

 Business Insight

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating, and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

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