Tech Lead (Python)

Kforce has a client in San Ramon, CA that is seeking a Tech Lead (Python). Role Overview This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role. You are not a people manager - you are a technical authority. You will lead by example through deep coding involvement, architectural ownership, and stewardship of engineering quality across backend systems. The team will rely on you for technical direction, decision-making, and setting the bar for excellence. Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical leader and owner of backend architecture across ecommerce and personalization systems
• Design, build, and evolve scalable backend services and APIs
• Make and drive architectural decisions with a long-term scalability and reliability mindset
• Remain deeply hands-on with production code
• Own code quality standards and best practices
• Perform, gate, and guide code reviews across the team
• Partner closely with Product, Frontend, and Business stakeholders to translate business goals into technical solutions
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance and design reviews (without formal people management)
• Lead complex initiatives involving performance optimization, reliability, and system scalability
• Participate in production deployments, monitoring, and incident resolution
• Navigate ambiguity and provide technical clarity in fast-moving environments
• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Strong backend engineering expertise in Python or TypeScript
• Proven experience designing and owning backend systems at scale
• Strong familiarity with frontend technologies such as ReactJS, Redux, HTML5, and CSS3 (for effective cross-stack collaboration)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive technical decisions independently
• Passion for building high-impact ecommerce platforms

• System design and architecture
• Design patterns
• Scalability, reliability, and performance optimization