Python Team Lead

Position: Python Team Lead

Location: Noida, Sector 1 (Work From Office)

Experience: Minimum 57 years

Education: B.E./B.Tech (ONLY)

Manupatra is one of Indias most respected legal-tech platforms, powering legal research and data-driven solutions for law firms, corporates, and government institutions. With over two decades of domain leadership, we operate at the intersection of law, data, and technologywhere accuracy, scale, and reliability are critical.

In addition to our flagship research platform, Manupatra offers a suite of SaaS-based products designed to simplify access to legal information, streamline workflows, and enable smarter decision-making. Our technology-driven approach ensures scalable, reliable, and continuously evolving solutions for a wide range of users.

For a Python Team Lead, this means working on systems that directly power these productsbuilding and scaling data pipelines, driving large-scale data extraction, and contributing to platforms used daily by professionals across the legal ecosystem.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Python Team Lead with strong expertise in data extraction, web scraping, and large-scale data processing. The ideal candidate will lead a team of developers, design scalable scraping architectures, ensure data quality, and drive continuous improvement in data workflows and product capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Python developers working on web scraping and data extraction projects.
• Design, develop, and oversee scalable web scrapers and crawlers for extracting data from multiple online sources.
• Architect robust data pipelines for cleaning, transforming, and structuring large datasets.
• Ensure seamless integration of multiple data sources and databases into unified systems.
• Monitor system performance, logs, and troubleshoot issues proactively.
• Optimize scraping workflows for speed, scalability, and reliability.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce best practices in coding, documentation, and version control.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and business teams to enhance product features and data quality.
• Participate in client discussions to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Mentor team members and support their technical growth and performance.

Basic Skills Required

• Strong hands-on experience in web scraping and web crawling.
• Proficiency in:
• Python
• JavaScript
• HTML
• BeautifulSoup
• Selenium
• MySQL
• Working knowledge of MongoDB (added advantage).
• Experience with asynchronous programming, threading, and multiprocessing in Python.
• Strong understanding of scalable system design and architecture.
• Experience in integrating multiple databases and data sources into unified systems.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in leading or mentoring development teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Exposure to event-driven programming and distributed systems.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities efficiently.
• Good communication skills for cross-team and client interactions.