Lead Software Engineer (Python/Django)

Kraken
Tokyo, Japan
Full Time
Posted July 29, 2025
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Job Description

The Lead Software Engineer Python Django is responsible for guiding product development, building and maintaining high-quality systems, leading a technical team, and supporting the company's mission to create a sustainable and intelligent energy system.

Key Responsibilities

  • Guide product development through informed prioritization and setting product objectives
  • Build and lead a high-functioning engineering team
  • Ship, maintain, and ensure the quality of high-quality software systems
  • Provide technical leadership within the engineering organization
  • Support operational effectiveness and team wellbeing
  • Align engineering efforts with strategic product goals

Requirements

  • Proven experience in leading software engineering teams with a focus on building high-functioning teams, shipping, and maintaining high-quality systems.
  • Strong technical leadership skills in software development, particularly in Python and Django frameworks.
  • Experience working closely with a Product Manager to guide product development through informed prioritisation and product objectives.
  • Ability to balance operational effectiveness, team support and wellbeing, strategic product alignment, and technical leadership.
  • Demonstrated ability to ship and maintain high-quality software systems at scale.
  • Educational background or equivalent experience in a relevant field (implied but not explicitly specified).

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule not specified
Work environment perks include being a Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Australia, and one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor in the UK with a score of 4.7
Tools and environment provided to unleash potential
Accommodation and interview process customization upon request

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