Senior Python Engineer

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Newport Beach / $60 - $75 hour

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Salary
SALARY:

$60 - $75

Location

LOCATION

Newport Beach

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain robust, efficient logic using a high-level scripting language.

  • Take ownership of scalable service development, RESTful interfaces, and modular backend features.

  • Collaborate with team members across disciplines to define functionality and deliver new capabilities.

  • Implement data handling, encryption, and secure architecture best practices.

  • Ensure applications are performant, resilient, and scalable across environments.

  • Share expertise with less experienced developers and encourage technical growth and consistency.

  • Apply cloud-native patterns and component-driven design to support modern architecture needs.

  • Create UI components and flows that work across various devices and screen sizes.

  • Maintain high software quality with a test-first mindset and automated validation practices.

  • Contribute to long-term platform maintainability and observability.

  • Stay informed about current trends and emerging technologies, incorporating relevant tools and approaches.


Requirements:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Bachelor's or Master's).

  • At least 3 years of experience delivering advanced systems using recent model-based tooling and frameworks.

  • 1+ year working on solutions incorporating multiple cooperating intelligent agents.

  • 3+ years designing document-processing systems with configurable feature extraction and classification layers.

  • 2+ years building evaluation workflows for managing model behavior in production environments.

  • 7+ years in hands-on development across multiple system tiers, with strong use of a primary backend language.

  • Familiarity with one or more server-side frameworks (e.g., Flask, Django).

  • Solid grounding in object-oriented design principles.

  • Experience with both relational and non-relational data storage, including structured document databases.

  • Comfort integrating service-side components with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular).

  • Hands-on experience deploying services on leading cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS).

  • Competence with client-side scripting, HTML, and styling systems.

  • Understanding of container platforms and orchestrated deployments.

  • Proficiency in distributed version control and automated delivery pipelines.

  • Strong analytical thinking and code-level attention to detail.

  • Clear communication and a collaborative working style.

  • Demonstrated experience delivering systems using generative AI libraries or APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Llama).


Nice to Have:

  • Hands-on delivery of cloud-hosted services built in Python, deployed using declarative infrastructure tools and scripting (e.g., Bicep, Bash, Azure CLI).

  • Experience with managed machine learning services and studio platforms within a major cloud ecosystem.

  • Background in financial services or investment-focused environments.

  • Familiarity with the demands of building distributed, real-time applications at enterprise scale.

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