Senior Python Software Engineer

We're Hiring: Senior Software Engineer – Search & Distributed Systems (Contract | Hybrid – Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)We're partnering with a large enterprise organization building a high-volume enterprise search and intelligent-matching platform that processes millions of transactions daily. If you're a Python engineer who loves solving hard search-relevance and distributed-systems problems at scale, this one's worth a look.What You'll DoDesign and build scalable backend services and REST APIs in Python (FastAPI, async)Own Elasticsearch index design, query performance, and relevance tuning for high-volume search workloadsBuild event-driven data pipelines using Kafka for real-time, high-throughput processingDevelop and secure cloud-native services on Microsoft AzureIntegrate with Databricks and enterprise data platforms for large-scale data processingDrive CI/CD, observability, and production performance across a modern distributed architectureWhat You Bring7+ years of hands-on Python backend development — this is foundational, not optionalStrong production Elasticsearch experience (Query DSL, relevance tuning, mapping, index lifecycle management)Experience with Kafka or a comparable enterprise event-streaming platformHands-on experience deploying and securing applications on Microsoft AzureSolid grounding in distributed systems, microservices, and CI/CD (Git, Docker, Azure DevOps)Nice to HaveDatabricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake experienceSemantic/vector search, LLM integration, or Azure OpenAI experienceKubernetes, Terraform/Pulumi, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)Healthcare or supply chain industry backgroundThe Details Hybrid – Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (must be able to commute onsite)Contract opportunity, 3 openings$73–85/hr, depending on W2 or C2CIf this sounds like your kind of problem to solve, reach out or apply directly — let's talk.#Python #Elasticsearch #Kafka #Azure #Databricks #SeniorSoftwareEngineer #ContractJobs #DallasFortWorth #HiringNow #TechJobs