Top Senior Python Jobs in Columbus, OH

Leads development of secure, scalable Python backend and AWS cloud-native applications using microservices, serverless, containers, and infrastructure as code. Designs distributed systems, APIs, data stores, CI/CD pipelines, observability, resiliency, and security controls. Troubleshoots production incidents, conducts root-cause analysis, optimizes performance, modernizes dependencies, promotes AI-assisted engineering practices, and mentors team members while collaborating with product, platform, SRE, security, and data teams.

Leads software engineering initiatives within an agile team, providing technical direction and delivering secure, scalable production code. Establishes governance for AI-assisted development, code review, testing, troubleshooting, and SDLC automation. Shapes product design, technical operations, engineering standards, and reusable frameworks while serving as a subject-matter expert and coaching senior engineers on responsible AI usage, security, resiliency, and validation practices.

Leads the design, development, testing, and operation of secure, scalable cloud-native software services. Provides technical direction, writes and reviews production code, develops AWS APIs and event-driven microservices, manages Terraform infrastructure, and improves CI/CD, testing, observability, and reliability. Establishes governance for responsible AI-assisted engineering, validates AI outputs for security and quality, promotes engineering standards, and coaches teams on compliant development practices.

Leads software engineering for secure, scalable technology products within data technology. Responsibilities include designing and developing Java, Python, or Go applications; building AWS-hosted APIs, microservices, event-driven services, and data models; developing Terraform infrastructure; reviewing code; improving testing and operational stability; and guiding responsible AI-assisted engineering practices, secure coding, architecture, and SDLC adoption.

Lead software engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating secure, high-quality Python-based production systems. Drive distributed systems design, automation, AI-assisted engineering adoption, troubleshooting, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to improve reliability and delivery.

Lead design and deliver AI-native, cloud-native software components; develop secure high-quality production code; drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, CI/CD automation, SDKs and reusable frameworks; mentor engineers and lead cross-team communities of practice.

Evaluate AI coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor for engineering judgment, response quality, reasoning, explanations, and usefulness. Provide clear written and recorded feedback, distinguish quality levels, and help define standards for excellent AI-assisted development interactions. This contract role requires senior-level software engineering experience, strong Python or TypeScript/JavaScript skills, familiarity with modern AI development workflows, and excellent English communication.

Build, maintain, and scale e-commerce backend services using Python and Django. Develop REST APIs and features for catalogs, inventory, carts, checkout, orders, payments, and accounts. Integrate third-party services, optimize databases and performance, implement security controls, write tested code, resolve production issues, and collaborate on architecture, planning, reviews, deployment, and CI/CD.

Build and maintain full-stack applications that deliver AI/ML insights through backend services, REST APIs, containerized microservices, and high-performance front-end interfaces. Responsibilities include cloud-native development on Google Cloud or Azure, database management, testing, CI/CD automation, security, troubleshooting, and Agile collaboration.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python applications; collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features; ensure performance and quality; identify and fix bugs; maintain code quality and automation; lead and mentor team members using agile practices.

Lead engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating secure, resilient, cloud-native services. Write and review production code, automate remediation and CI/CD pipelines, design event-driven systems with Kafka and Spring Boot, evaluate vendor solutions, mentor engineers, and partner with product stakeholders to deliver scalable technology.

Lead a cross-functional agile team to design, build, test, and operate scalable, secure full‑stack applications. Implement microservices (Java/Spring Boot or Python), cloud-native architectures, RESTful APIs, and high-volume data processing with SQL/NoSQL. Drive code quality, automation/CI-CD, vendor evaluations, and engineering communities of practice while improving operational stability and observability.

Designs and develops APIs, system integrations, and AI-agent workflows for enterprise applications. Builds integrations with platforms such as Salesforce and REST APIs, deploys and supports solutions on AWS, and develops AI-powered automation using LLMs, tool calling, and multi-step workflows. The role includes client requirements gathering, troubleshooting, reliability optimization, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring junior developers.

Designs, develops, deploys, and operates scalable Go and Python microservices in distributed production environments. Responsibilities include API design, Kubernetes deployment, monitoring, scaling, troubleshooting incidents, system architecture, security, testing, code reviews, and continuous improvements to development processes and infrastructure. The role requires end-to-end service ownership, strong Linux and Docker expertise, observability knowledge, and experience with reliability, performance, and CI/CD practices.

Lead backend-focused software architecture and development across distributed systems, data ingestion, experimentation platforms, AI workflows, and product capabilities. Build primarily in Python while contributing to React and TypeScript frontend work. Translate ambiguous product needs into scalable production systems, guide technical direction, partner with product and data teams, mentor engineers, and improve engineering practices.

Develop and maintain open-source Python frameworks and ML developer tools, architect scalable libraries, grow early-stage projects, build real-time streaming capabilities, integrate modern frontend technologies, and collaborate with open-source contributors and the broader developer community.

Modernize legacy SAS data-processing systems by translating logic into scalable, high-performance Python solutions. Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines using formats including SAS, Parquet, JSON, and SQL. Integrate PostgreSQL, implement parallel processing, automated testing, data validation, and quality assurance, and maintain well-documented code. Collaborate with IT specialists and stakeholders to validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and deliver cloud-native modernization solutions.

Build and maintain scalable backend applications, serverless functions, microservices, data workflows, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native architectures using Python and AWS. Manage databases, APIs, batch jobs, and real-time integrations while optimizing performance, scalability, security, compliance, and cost. Collaborate with product, engineering, analytics, and data teams; contribute to architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, development standards, and technical mentorship. Healthcare claims data experience is required.

Develop open source SDKs, enterprise APIs, UIs, and backend systems supporting large-scale computer vision datasets. Build scalable, maintainable, performant, and well-tested software for unstructured data and AI workflows. Contribute to enterprise deployments across customer clouds and on-premises environments, while improving tooling, automation, engineering practices, and open source community initiatives in a remote-first team.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python applications and cloud-native solutions. Architect microservices, containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), optimize cloud infrastructure, build CI/CD pipelines, integrate messaging systems, ensure security and high code quality, and mentor junior developers. Generative AI/ML experience is a plus.

The Backend Software Engineer will develop and maintain backend systems for data processing related to coffee farming, utilizing Python and PostgreSQL. Responsibilities include feature development, problem-solving, and adapting systems to regulatory changes while ensuring system resilience.

The Senior Full Stack Developer will design, develop, test, and debug software solutions, collaborating with teams and optimizing applications. Responsibilities include user interaction design, back-end functionality, and ensuring software scalability and security.

Develop, test, and maintain a complex distributed processing application using Python and Java. Collaborate with product owners, data coaches, analysts, DBAs, and Agile teams to meet backend/frontend requirements. Work with distributed workloads (Spark/Hadoop), SQL/Snowflake, AWS, shell scripting, and job scheduling/process automation. Support delivery under Agile/SAFe practices and ensure alignment with program standards.

Lead development of Python-based web applications using Django and FastAPI, architect scalable solutions, and establish technical standards while mentoring developers and optimizing infrastructure.

The Python Engineer will write maintainable Python software, lead technical initiatives, collaborate globally, and contribute to community engagement at Canonical.