“NOTE: If selected for this position, you are required to perform ALL work within a commutable distance of your assigned Worksite Location. Three days a week onsite, Tues, Wed, Thurs, with Monday and Friday being remote”
Senior Backend Python Developer for Austin, TX or Sunnyvale, CA for a 12-month Contract with possible extensions.
Responsibilities:
• Develop RESTful and Async API for conversational platforms (chatbots or virtual assistants)
• Design and implement asynchronous logic to handle concurrent processing, which is crucial for real-time messaging and chatbot responsiveness.
• Understand and apply concepts like event loops, coroutines, and async/await.
• Develop or integrate conversational interfaces that handle real-time user input.
• Interface with APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Dialogflow, Rasa) for NLP and conversation flow.
• Maintain context and state across asynchronous message streams.
• Work with Kafka or similar message brokers to process data streams in real time.
• Design and scale systems that can process and react to high-throughput messaging environments.
• Deploy and manage microservices using Kubernetes.
• Build scalable, containerized backend services that can handle real-time interactions reliably.
Required Skills:
• Senior Backend Python Developer with 10+ years’ experience, hardcore developer.
• Experience designing scalable, asynchronous systems for real-time message processing, chatbots and conversational AI.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, and Python async frameworks, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and integration with external APIs.
• Backend Development (Python-focused)
• Build and maintain backend systems using Python, with asynchronous frameworks like FastAPI, aiohttp, or asyncio.
• Cloud Infrastructure and Orchestration
• Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes microservices
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