Top Remote Python Jobs in Houston, TX

Designs and develops FPGA SmartNIC networking acceleration for Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities include hardware architecture evaluation, RTL coding in Verilog/SystemVerilog, simulation, hardware testing, debugging, verification, scripting, software development, Agile collaboration, and production DevOps support. The role partners across hardware and software teams to deliver cloud networking infrastructure, including SDN capabilities, packet manipulation, and performance improvements.

Design and implement PostgreSQL internals and indexing/query features for large-scale document workloads, extend query engine with BSON-aware operators and custom scan nodes, tune index pruning and storage, profile distributed systems for performance, collaborate with open-source DocumentDB/PostgreSQL communities, and participate in design/code reviews.

Lead test strategy for Akamai’s custom Linux kernel and OS imaging process. Design scalable automated test frameworks, validate hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, and security, and develop test suites for new hardware platforms. Troubleshoot low-level system issues, enhance build and continuous testing infrastructure, establish quality standards, and mentor junior engineers.

Interns gain hands-on experience with Azure cloud engineering, Terraform infrastructure as code, CI/CD, SQL and data engineering, C#/.NET API development, enterprise IT operations, troubleshooting, security, and technical documentation. The role includes completing a defined modernization or technical project from requirements through deployment and presentation while learning enterprise architecture, monitoring, identity, secrets management, and production-support practices.

Build and maintain AI-native skills taxonomies, capability models, learning context, instrumentation, and APIs for Databricks employees, customers, and partners. Develop LLM-driven extraction, agentic pipelines, drift and gap detection, and live capability measurement. Partner across content, curriculum, certification, product, and enablement teams to ensure technical skills are consistently defined, assessed, and applied. Use Python, SQL, analysis, and clear writing to advance strategy as an individual contributor.

Own enterprise customer technical cases from triage through resolution, troubleshooting Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, cloud infrastructure, deployments, connectivity, and CI/CD issues. Perform root-cause analysis, lead customer calls, build diagnostic scripts and tooling, contribute small product fixes, and document reusable runbooks. The role also includes occasional customer build engagements and collaboration with Product and Engineering.

Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS, GCP, or Azure. Implement SRE practices, monitoring, observability, capacity planning, Kubernetes and Helm deployments, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and cloud security controls. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure compliance, and mentor engineers while improving reliability, availability, scalability, and performance.

Deploy, upgrade, and maintain High-Speed Data infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, DOCSIS). Administer CentOS/RHEL systems, automate with Python/Ansible/Shell, troubleshoot escalations, create LLDs, run upgrades, train teams, perform on-call duties, and ensure security and high availability.

Build Doowii’s conversational analytics platform across frontend, backend, data interaction, and infrastructure. Responsibilities include creating data-query interfaces, developing APIs, integrating AI-driven features, optimizing query and storage performance, managing AWS and GCP systems, designing data models, and maintaining ingestion pipelines involving NiFi, Kafka, Iceberg, and BigQuery. The role also involves model evaluation, schema evolution, change data capture, high-throughput streaming, automation, and rapid startup iteration.

Lead technical strategy and execution for multi-quarter initiatives, build and maintain software systems using AI, mentor and elevate engineers, collaborate across disciplines, and protect user privacy and security. The role involves working in an AWS and Kubernetes environment with technologies including Python, TypeScript, React, Go, Airflow, dbt, and Claude Code.

Own operations and reliability for hyperscale Azure GPU clusters and interconnect fabrics. Lead production incident triage, mitigation, recovery, root-cause analysis, and cross-stack debugging across hardware, PCIe, GPUs, firmware, drivers, and software. Develop automation, telemetry, diagnostic tools, operational playbooks, and escalation procedures to improve observability and reduce mitigation time. Partner with engineering teams and manufacturers to resolve systemic issues affecting AI training stability, GPU availability, and customer SLAs.

Manages and grows a software engineering team while remaining hands-on in architecture, development, integration, and troubleshooting. Leads cloud-native AWS services, microservices, APIs, Python backend systems, frontend components, secure access controls, CI/CD, and production support for satellite communications ground systems. Collaborates with systems engineering, MBSE, cybersecurity, testing, DevSecOps, and government stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, traceable, and reliable mission software.

Lead architecture and hands-on implementation for Akamai’s cloud compute platform, including virtualization, hypervisors, operating systems, containers, and Kubernetes infrastructure. Own system design, build proof of concepts, guide engineering teams, influence product direction and roadmaps, establish best practices, and mentor engineers while delivering highly available, fault-tolerant distributed services.

Leads photonic integrated circuit test software architecture, infrastructure improvements, test-station automation, and hardware-control software development. Oversees software migration across LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB, C#, and C++, while leading a small software team and mentoring engineers. The role supports electrical and optical testing of InP-based transceiver PICs at wafer, die, and subassembly levels, including vision systems, probe positioning, calibration, and test software revision control.

Build and operate secure, scalable AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform and GitOps. Administer and optimize Snowflake production environments, improve query performance, manage cloud and data-platform costs, and strengthen FinOps practices. Maintain CI/CD pipelines, observability, IAM, RBAC, networking, and secrets management while aligning with HIPAA and SOC 2 requirements. Participate in on-call rotation and collaborate with engineering, data, and security teams. Use AI-assisted engineering tools safely for infrastructure, scripting, documentation, and analysis.

The Full-Stack Engineer will enhance backend functionality, collaborate with teams, and maintain platform performance and security, requiring expertise in Python.

Designs and leads enterprise Cisco ThousandEyes deployments, including architecture assessments, agent rollouts, test and alert strategies, integrations, migrations, and client roadmap sessions. Serves as a Level 3+ escalation point for networking issues, develops automation using Python, APIs, and Terraform, supports presales and SOW scoping, mentors engineers, and advises strategic accounts on digital experience monitoring.

Build and maintain scalable, internationalized React interfaces for a SaaS platform. Implement localization in front-end components, manage localization files, coordinate translation workflows, and validate localized builds across languages and regions. Partner with engineering, design, vendors, and localization teams to resolve UI and internationalization issues, support localization QA, and ensure release readiness. The role requires strong front-end development, localization engineering, testing, communication, and independent project management skills.

Design, develop, launch, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs used by merchant and partner integrations. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders, balance speed with system quality, debug code, conduct code reviews, and write tested, extensible software. The role requires experience with distributed systems, Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, along with strong communication and ownership of professional growth.

Senior backend-focused engineer to provide technical leadership across backend, APIs, and data pipelines. Collaborate with product, design, and stakeholders, author documentation, and drive engineering best practices on a distributed remote team building scalable energy software.

Build and maintain developer workflows, CI/CD and deployment automation, containerized development environments, SDK packaging and release pipelines, AI performance dashboards, and productivity tools. Design scalable software and developer tools for novel hardware platforms, collaborate with hardware and ML teams, manage C++ codebases, establish engineering standards, and optimize software delivery and production readiness.

Deploy and operate cloud-native AI infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including Kubernetes, networking, identity, security, multi-region, and data residency configurations. Build infrastructure as code, CI/CD, GitOps, observability, and alerting while supporting research, ML, and GPU platforms. Partner with clients and internal engineering and science teams on enterprise deployments, compliance, reliability, cost, and production hardening.

Lead a small Infrastructure and Agentic Platform team while serving as a hands-on engineering manager. Own AWS infrastructure, data platforms, security, compliance, reliability, and AI-native software development workflows. Mentor engineers, guide hiring, define the roadmap, and build tools for planning, coding, testing, monitoring, and triage. The role requires balancing AI acceleration with engineering quality, cost, security, and operational reliability in a healthcare AI environment.

Leads AI-enabled quality engineering and test automation across the SDLC. Builds automated UI, API, database, and batch testing frameworks; integrates intelligent testing into CI/CD pipelines; applies AI for test generation, defect prediction, root-cause analysis, regression optimization, anomaly detection, and quality monitoring. Partners with cross-functional teams, develops quality gates and dashboards, evaluates emerging AI tools, and mentors QA staff. Requires 5+ years of QA or test automation experience, programming proficiency, and hands-on AI/ML implementation.

Build and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CDK. Design highly available cloud environments, automate operational workflows with TypeScript, implement policy-as-code guardrails, optimize cloud costs, and lead disaster recovery planning and testing. The role also involves CI/CD, Kubernetes, networking, identity platforms, cross-team consensus building, project ownership, communication, and mentoring junior engineers.