Senior Python Engineer

This position is on the Business Analysis, KPI and alerting team, a key area on the Delinea platform. This team loves data and wants to consume it, model it, aggregate, and operate on it at all levels to provide powerful insights for our users. You’ll help build out and integrate across a complex microservice ecosystem to provide cohesive data analysis, alerting, and other business intelligence solutions for the entire Delinea platform. This position plays a key role in strengthening Delinea’s identity and access management ecosystem through high-quality engineering practices and innovation. We want to learn, solve complex problems, and work together as a strong team. You will report to the team’s engineering manager. The role is hybrid in Mexico City (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) in our offices in Reforma.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and help develop, test and maintain secure microservices, data aggregations, data models, alerting, and analytics; Familiarity with data warehouse / analytics architecture patterns; Leverage the appropriate data store including document (Cosmos DB), relational (Azure SQL), graph (Janus, ArangoDB), big data (Azure Data Explorer), and more; Use the appropriate technology including Python, Go, C#, Terraform, Queueing systems, REST API; Orchestrate complex data flows both near time and post aggregation; Optimize data flow processes from SQL tuning to better map/reduce strategies to queue processing to any part of the flow; Able to understand diagnostics, observability, logging, telemetry, and other tuning tools to truly understand how the system is working and if it is healthy; Ensure data integrity, availability, and security within microservice communication and storage layers; Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for consistent provisioning and lifecycle management of Azure resources; Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated deployments using Azure DevOps; Collaborate with architects, product managers, and DevOps teams to define system roadmaps, ensuring compliance with security and privacy requirements; Conduct code and design reviews, emphasizing performance, security, and maintainability; Provide technical mentorship to engineering peers and foster a culture of continuous improvement; Drive innovation in AI-assisted automation, context-aware security, and data-driven decisioning across Delinea’s platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field; 5+ years of backend development experience in Python; Experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS); Familiarity with microservices and container orchestration (Kubernetes); Proficiency in designing, developing, and maintaining relational and NoSQL databases, including Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB; Strong understanding of data modeling, query optimization, and transactional consistency within distributed environments; Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for Azure Cloud; Practical experience integrating AI/ML systems using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar AI frameworks; Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins; Deep understanding of cloud security principles, identity management, and privileged access control; Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Nice to have

Experience with database performance tuning, replication, and high-availability configurations; Familiarity with event-driven architectures, service meshes, and API gateways; Knowledge of observability frameworks (Datadog, Grafana) for monitoring and diagnostics; Understanding of Zero Trust architectures and secure software lifecycle practices; Prior experience in AI-enhanced security, automated policy enforcement, or data compliance management; Proven success in Agile software development and continuous delivery environments.

Benefits

competitive salaries; meaningful bonus program; healthcare insurance; pension/retirement matching; comprehensive life insurance; employee assistance program; time off plans; paid company holidays; meaningful work; culture of innovation; great career progression