Python is considered a "higher level language" than C (or even C++ and C#). it does have the means to "reach down low" to most kernel syscalls and can work directly with file descriptors. its high level features allow doing human interfacing a lot easier such as making the handling of Unicode as easy as strings while still being able to work with bytes in raw form.
in my several years of coding in Python, i have done mostly system level and network level projects...
