Senior Python Developer / AI & Cloud Platform Engineer
Location : Hybrid (US)
Experience : 8 12 Years
Employment Type : Contract / Contract-to-Hire / Full-Time
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Python Developer / AI & Cloud Platform Engineer to design build and scale cloud-native data-driven and AI-enabled enterprise applications. This role requires deep backend engineering expertise in Python modern frontend exposure strong cloud and DevOps skills and hands-on experience with data pipelines ML / AI systems and event-driven architectures.
You will work across microservices data platforms AI / ML pipelines CRM and contact center systems and real-time applications delivering highly available secure and scalable solutions.
Key Responsibilities Backend & API Development
Design and develop scalable backend services using Python Django FastAPI and Flask .
Build and maintain REST GraphQL and WebSocket APIs with robust validation authentication and error handling.
Implement asynchronous processing using asyncio Celery Kafka RabbitMQ SQS and EventBridge .
Optimize performance schema design and query tuning across PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis DynamoDB Oracle and SQL Server .
Cloud & Distributed Systems
Architect and deploy microservices on AWS and Azure including Lambda EC2 S3 RDS Aurora API Gateway EMR Glue Elastic Beanstalk Azure Functions App Service and Data Factory .
Design event-driven and serverless architectures with auto-scaling fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform CloudFormation and Ansible .
Data Engineering & ML / AI
Build and manage data pipelines using PySpark Databricks Airflow DBT NiFi Pandas NumPy .
Train evaluate and deploy ML models using Scikit-learn TensorFlow PyTorch and SageMaker .
Develop AI-powered solutions including LLM integrations (Gemini GPT Llama) RAG pipelines OCR NLP and computer vision .
Implement real-time and batch analytics using BigQuery EMR Spark Kafka and Cloud Storage .
DevOps Observability & Security
Build CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps SonarQube .
Containerize and orchestrate applications with Docker and Kubernetes .
Implement monitoring and logging using CloudWatch X-Ray OpenTelemetry ELK Stack Grafana .
Enforce security standards : OAuth 2.0 JWT SSL / TLS SSO OWASP IAM secrets management encryption and compliance controls.
Frontend & UI Integration
Develop and integrate modern UIs using React Angular Redux / Context API and Material UI.
Build responsive dashboards and PWAs with offline support.
Integrate frontends with backend APIs and event streams.
Collaboration & Leadership
Work in Agile / Scrum teams participate in sprint ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Provide technical leadership architecture guidance and code reviews.
Produce RFCs system documentation runbooks and deployment standards.
Required Skills
Programming : Python JavaScript TypeScript
Frameworks : Django FastAPI Flask React Angular Vue
Databases : PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis DynamoDB SQL Server
Cloud : AWS Azure GCP (BigQuery Cloud Functions Pub / Sub)
Data / ML : PySpark Databricks Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn TensorFlow PyTorch
Messaging : Kafka RabbitMQ Celery SQS
DevOps : Docker Kubernetes Jenkins Terraform Ansible CI / CD
Security : OAuth2 JWT SSL / TLS IAM OWASP
Monitoring : CloudWatch ELK Grafana OpenTelemetry
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with AI / Agentic systems LLM orchestration anomaly detection and self-healing platforms .
Experience with contact center CRM telephony (IVR VoIP chatbots) platforms.
Strong data modeling (Star / Snowflake schemas) and governance experience.
Prior work in high-scale regulated enterprise environments .
Whats in it for you
Work on AI-driven cloud-native real-time enterprise platforms
Exposure to GenAI ML data engineering and distributed systems
Career growth into Architect Tech Lead or AI Platform Engineer roles
High-impact projects in fintech telecom insurance and SaaS domains
If youd like I can : Key Skills
APIs,Docker,Jenkins,REST,Python,AWS,NoSQL,MySQL,JavaScript,Postgresql,Django,GIT
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Senior Python Developer AI Cloud Platform Engineer • Chicago, Illinois, USA