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Elevate.\nAt Ontrac Solutions, we partner with elite engineering organizations to build systems that operate at planetary scale.\nOur client, a founding search company, is evolving the foundation of its core search platform — and we are looking for a Principal Python Engineer who does not just use Python… but understands it at its core execution model.\nThis is not a feature role.\nThis is not application engineering.\nThis is infrastructure that shapes user experience at massive scale.\nThe Mandate\nDesign and optimize the Python systems that power:\nGlobal indexing pipelines\nReal-time search services\nRanking and relevance models\nHigh-QPS distributed APIs\nML-integrated search architecture\nYou will operate where performance, scale, and precision intersect.\nThe Environment You'll Influence\nYou'll work alongside teams leveraging:\nApache Lucene\nElasticsearch\nApache Solr\nApache Kafka\nHadoop\nTensorFlow\nPyTorch\nThis is distributed systems engineering at scale.\nLatency matters. Throughput matters. Architecture matters.\nExperience\nHas 10+ years of Python engineering in production\nUnderstands CPython internals and performance trade-offs\nHas optimized systems around GIL, async I/O, multiprocessing\nHas built high-throughput services serving millions of users\nHas architected distributed systems end-to-end\nCan debug performance issues at memory and execution level\nHas operated at Staff or Principal level with architectural ownership\nYou don't just ship code.\nYou design systems that scale.\nWhat You'll Actually Do\nArchitect low-latency Python services supporting core search\nOptimize indexing and ranking pipelines\nImprove query response times at scale\nDesign concurrency strategies for performance-critical systems\nInfluence system-level architectural decisions\nMentor senior engineers and elevate technical standards\nBridge ML-driven ranking systems with production-grade infrastructure\nThe Impact\nYour work will:\nDirectly influence millions of search queries\nReduce latency across global systems\nIncrease relevance accuracy\nImprove infrastructure resiliency\nShape the evolution of Yahoo's search architecture\nThis is high-visibility, high-impact engineering.\nWhat Makes This Opportunity Different\nThrough Ontrac Solutions, you're not just stepping into a contract role.\nYou're joining a performance-driven engineering ecosystem.\nWe operate with:\nEnterprise precision\nArchitectural rigor\nClear executive alignment\nOutcome-driven delivery\nWe partner with organizations where technical excellence is not optional — it's foundational.\nIdeal Background\nYou may have:\nBuilt large-scale search platforms\nWorked on marketplace or ad-tech systems\nLed distributed systems architecture\nContributed to open-source Python libraries\nOperated in environments where uptime > 99.9% is mandatory\nExperience in relevance engineering, information retrieval theory, or ML-driven search pipelines is highly valued.\nWhy This Role Is Elite\nThis is not CRUD engineering.\nThis is not startup experimentation.\nThis is not maintenance work.\nThis is:\nDistributed systems at scale\nPerformance-critical Python engineering\nSearch infrastructure modernization\nArchitecture with real global impact\nAbout Ontrac Solutions\nOntrac Solutions partners with enterprise platforms and high-growth organizations to deliver Cloud, AI, and Digital Product Engineering at scale.\nWe operate at the intersection of:\nControl\nClarity\nVelocity\nInstitutional Trust\nIf you are a Principal engineer who thrives in performance-critical environments and wants to build infrastructure that matters — we should talk.","company":"Ontrac Solutions","rawCompany":"ontrac solutions","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T11:17:14.861Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1243.01","title":"Data Warehousing Specialists","slug":"data-warehousing-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"519290","title":"Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services","slug":"web-search-portals-and-all-other-information-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Python Engineer – Core Search Platform","description":"Innovate. 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Elevate.\nAt Ontrac Solutions, we partner with elite engineering organizations to build systems that operate at planetary scale.\nOur client, a founding search company, is evolving the foundation of its core search platform — and we are looking for a Principal Python Engineer who does not just use Python… but understands it at its core execution model.\nThis is not a feature role.\nThis is not application engineering.\nThis is infrastructure that shapes user experience at massive scale.\nThe Mandate\nDesign and optimize the Python systems that power:\nGlobal indexing pipelines\nReal-time search services\nRanking and relevance models\nHigh-QPS distributed APIs\nML-integrated search architecture\nYou will operate where performance, scale, and precision intersect.\nThe Environment You'll Influence\nYou'll work alongside teams leveraging:\nApache Lucene\nElasticsearch\nApache Solr\nApache Kafka\nHadoop\nTensorFlow\nPyTorch\nThis is distributed systems engineering at scale.\nLatency matters. 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