Wondering whether it is possible to keep the engine as is but then use custom hooks in the config that use the python API
I checked for you.
A few months ago we embarked on a little mission to see if a fully python engine would now be possible but we ran into various missing things in the Python API, one of which is the way UI’s are made.
Thsings may have improved since then but we decided not to move forward.
You can however run python commands in substance from the hooks of the engine 
Hope that helps?
We also fixed some bugs, here is our fork:
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