Senior Software Engineer - Python / DevOps

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help build and scale a workflow orchestration platform for a rapidly growing organization undergoing a large-scale digital transformation initiative. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on developing reliable, production-grade software and workflow automation solutions within a modern cloud environment. The ideal candidate will have strong Python development experience, expertise with workflow orchestration technologies, and a track record of building and supporting scalable production systems. This is a 3-month contract engagement with the potential for extension. U.S. work authorization is required. No visa sponsorship is available at this time.Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer (Python, AWS, Workflow Orchestration)Location: Remote (U.S.-based only)Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain workflow orchestration solutions using Python and modern orchestration frameworks Build reliable, scalable, and observable data and application workflows supporting critical business operations Integrate cloud data platforms, internal applications, and third-party services through APIs and distributed systems Develop and support deployment pipelines, release processes, and environment management across development, testing, and production Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational visibility for production workloads Design retry strategies, recovery mechanisms, and fault-tolerant processes for workflow execution Support secure application configuration, authentication, access controls, and secrets management Partner closely with data, application, and cloud engineering teams to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities Create operational documentation, deployment guides, and support runbooks Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to platform reliability, performance, and engineering best practicesRequired Skills & Experience 7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or backend application development Strong commercial experience building applications and services in Python Experience designing, implementing, and supporting production workflow orchestration platforms Hands-on experience with Prefect or similar workflow orchestration technologies Experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications within AWS environments Strong SQL skills and experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Snowflake or comparable technologies Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, observability, and production support practices Experience integrating systems through APIs, distributed services, and data pipelines Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform is highly preferred Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, version control, and code review practicesCompensation Up to $90/hour 3-month contract with strong possibility of extensionAdditional Information Role can be performed remotely from within the United States Must be authorized to work in the United States — no visa sponsorship available Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, dbt, event-driven architectures, or modern cloud data platforms is considered a plus Title may be flexible based on experience (e.g., Senior Platform Engineer, Lead Platform Engineer, Staff Platform Engineer)For more information or to apply, contact Ryan Dwyer at rdwyer@Talener.com