Top Remote Python Jobs in Washington, DC

Build and maintain Mapboxs cloud-native infrastructure and GitOps deployment platforms on AWS. Work with Terraform/Terragrunt and legacy CloudFormation/CDK, migrate services to EKS/ArgoCD, architect centralized GitHub Actions CI, configure observability (Datadog/CloudWatch), provide on-call SRE support, document designs, and lead platform strategy and developer experience improvements.

Develop production-grade backend software using Java or Python, with working knowledge of Golang. Build cloud-native microservices, REST APIs, enterprise integrations, and event-driven systems. Design scalable, highly available solutions and containerized deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. Implement CI/CD automation, testing, observability, performance tuning, and quality controls. Troubleshoot Linux environments, databases, and distributed systems. Telecommunications experience and familiarity with TM Forum Open APIs are desirable.

Develop secure cloud-native infrastructure and application lifecycles using Kubernetes or Docker. Build CI/CD pipelines, apply GitOps and DevSecOps practices, manage AWS environments, implement service mesh and security architectures, and maintain infrastructure through IaC. The role includes monitoring, logging, networking, RBAC/ABAC enforcement, ATO documentation, penetration testing, automation, and collaboration with clients and engineering teams.

Architect, develop, and optimize backend services and APIs for Lovevery’s global subscription e-commerce and digital parent experiences. Build scalable data models, manage account and subscription systems, checkout, fulfillment, CMS, security, reliability, and performance. Collaborate with Product, Design, and Frontend teams, evaluate vendors, improve engineering standards, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, and mentor teammates while using AI-assisted development responsibly.

Volunteer Associate Editor reviewing ecological and evolutionary research code for clarity, completeness, accessibility, documentation, testing, responsible data handling, and alignment with journal standards. The role involves supporting authors, promoting open and ethical science, following editorial workflows, meeting deadlines, and communicating clearly. It is remote, part-time, institution-based, and expected to average approximately two hours per month over a three-year term.

Lead technical initiatives and architectural decisions for stream-aligned software teams. Build, evolve, and support scalable distributed web applications while applying software development, testing, security, data modeling, microservices, and API best practices. Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business goals into technical requirements, contribute to roadmaps and documentation, evaluate technologies, and mentor mid-level engineers in an agile environment.

Manage and optimize high-bandwidth, low-latency VFX network infrastructure supporting render farms, storage, cloud rendering, artist collaboration, and remote workstations. Configure AWS Deadline Cloud, troubleshoot Maya and Arnold rendering, build asset-transfer and per-show environment systems, optimize Linux and Windows pipelines, and document architecture and procedures. The role requires strong Python and Bash scripting, networking, storage, systems administration, render-farm, and VFX pipeline expertise.

Design, build, test, deploy, and operate scalable, secure Azure networking software and automation tools. Act as DRI, monitor production, troubleshoot incidents, run root-cause analysis, and drive reliability, performance, and cost improvements. Collaborate with PMs and architects, participate in design/code reviews, mentor engineers, and champion security, privacy, and compliance.

Evaluate AI coding-agent interactions for usefulness, correctness, engineering judgment, reasoning quality, and developer trust. Provide clear, opinionated feedback, distinguish response-quality levels, and help define standards for excellent interactions with tools such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. This contract role requires staff- or principal-level software engineering experience and familiarity with modern AI-assisted development workflows.

Lead as a customer‑embedded principal engineer to design, build, and ship production-grade solutions. Translate business needs into technical approaches, influence senior stakeholders, accelerate delivery in ambiguous environments, and transition work to FDE crews while driving long-term account impact.

Architect and refine scalable cloud infrastructure software for enterprise and internet-scale environments. Responsibilities include developing robust software, designing systems supporting 1,000+ nodes, optimizing performance, and collaborating with distributed technical teams in agile environments.

Build and maintain SaaS applications in a continuous delivery environment. Design and ship features, evolve core infrastructure, optimize REST APIs, write Python code, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with engineers and product managers. The role requires delivering robust software with increasing independence while contributing to an Agile, cross-functional team. Preferred experience includes cloud computing, modern Python frameworks, production AI/ML integrations, AI-powered developer tools, prompt engineering, and LLM APIs.

Hands-on technical leader who manages and develops a networking engineering team; owns the enterprise networking roadmap; architects and delivers routing, switching, wireless, VPN, firewall, SD-WAN and cloud connectivity solutions; drives automation/IaC (Python, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell), observability, resiliency, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration; leads hiring, performance, and large-scale network modernization.

Evaluate AI coding-agent interactions for usefulness, correctness, engineering judgment, reasoning quality, and user trust. Provide rigorous, opinionated feedback distinguishing response quality levels and help define best practices for tools such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. This contract role requires strong software engineering expertise, familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows, and the ability to assess code and explanations without deeply reviewing or executing every line.

Design and deliver full-stack applications spanning user interfaces, data models, APIs, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and AI-enabled workflows. Build vector-store and RAG capabilities, deploy Azure services with Terraform and containers, and contribute to architecture, technical roadmaps, code reviews, testing, and system operations. Collaborate directly with business stakeholders to understand needs and deliver scalable, secure, enterprise-grade software. The role also involves identifying patentable innovations, preparing disclosures, and supporting patent prosecution.

Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack web applications using React, Python, Node.js, and C#. Develop cloud-native AWS solutions with event-driven and serverless architectures, manage relational and NoSQL data stores, write automated tests, maintain infrastructure as code, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on architecture, security, performance, and end-to-end feature delivery in an agile environment.

Lead full-stack development for secure, scalable mission planning and command-and-control software supporting space communications programs. Build frontend interfaces and backend services, design APIs, translate mockups into applications, conduct code reviews, improve quality and security, and mentor junior engineers. Work with modern web frameworks, containerized microservices, and highly secure government environments while owning technical problems end to end.

Develop and maintain end-to-end applications using Python, Node.js, C#, and React. Build scalable backend services, frontend features, APIs, cloud-native AWS solutions, automated tests, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams in an agile, remote environment while contributing to architecture and reliable product delivery for US clients.

Design, implement, and operate stateful backend services emphasizing explicit state machines, exactly-once processing, idempotency, outbox-based reliable side effects, concurrency correctness, observability, and AI-assisted engineering. Lead architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate with platform, data, and QA teams to ensure deterministic, auditable, and resilient lifecycle management and recovery.

Design, build, and operate enterprise-scale multi-cloud infrastructure (primarily Azure, also AWS). Implement IaC (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), monitoring, security/compliance, FinOps, automation scripting, and platform engineering to support reliability, performance, and AI/ML workloads.

Lead full-stack engineering for a browser extension and backend services, drive AI integrations with strong data privacy, mentor and recruit engineers, manage complex integrations, ensure code quality and SOC2 compliance readiness, and make architectural decisions to scale the platform.

Design and develop software to automate bare-metal configuration, orchestration, scheduling, and job placement for large wafer-scale clusters. Build upgrade/patch workflows, monitoring, HA failure handling, visualization and alerting, and user/admin tools. Ensure on-premise and cloud deployment support and develop tests and debugging tools for distributed systems.

Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot large-scale OpenWRT wireless infrastructure and FreeRADIUS authentication systems. Manage PPSK/DPSK authentication, VLAN assignment, hostapd, MikroTik networking, roaming, DHCP, and client connectivity. Develop integrations, firmware automation, monitoring, and telemetry tools using Python, Bash, Go, and Lua. Analyze packet captures and wireless performance, support AP provisioning, and contribute to wireless architecture and scaling.

Design, build, and own operator services that provision, repair, and manage bare-metal GPU servers. Implement secure, extensible code across firmware, imaging, DPU initialization, and network configuration. Operate and monitor GPU fleets at scale, serve on-call rotations to resolve incidents, and apply AI tools across the SDLC while driving automation, telemetry, and reliability improvements.

Leads customer-facing cloud and AI data platform architecture on Microsoft Azure. Designs secure, scalable, resilient, and performance-optimized solutions; leads architecture sessions, proofs of concept, deployments, and modernization initiatives. Advises technical and business leaders, supports partners and sales teams, manages delivery risks, drives adoption and consumption, mentors colleagues, contributes to reusable frameworks and intellectual property, and influences product roadmaps through customer insights.