Senior Python Software Engineer

United States | Sept. 22, 2026

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Company: The Planet Group

Country: United States

Type: Onsite

Employment: Contract

Description: We're Hiring: Senior Software Engineer – Search & Distributed Systems (Contract | Hybrid – Dallas-Fort Worth, TX) We're partnering with a large enterprise organization building a high-volume enterprise search and intelligent-matching platform that processes millions of transactions daily. If you're a Python engineer who loves solving hard search-relevance and distributed-systems problems at scale, this one's worth a look. What You'll Do • Design and build scalable backend services and REST APIs in Python (FastAPI, async) • Own Elasticsearch index design, query performance, and relevance tuning for high-volume search workloads • Build event-driven data pipelines using Kafka for real-time, high-throughput processing • Develop and secure cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure • Integrate with Databricks and enterprise data platforms for large-scale data processing • Drive CI/CD, observability, and production performance across a modern distributed architecture What You Bring • 7+ years of hands-on Python backend development — this is foundational, not optional • Strong production Elasticsearch experience (Query DSL, relevance tuning, mapping, index lifecycle management) • Experience with Kafka or a comparable enterprise event-streaming platform • Hands-on experience deploying and securing applications on Microsoft Azure • Solid grounding in distributed systems, microservices, and CI/CD (Git, Docker, Azure DevOps) Nice to Have • Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake experience • Semantic/vector search, LLM integration, or Azure OpenAI experience • Kubernetes, Terraform/Pulumi, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) • Healthcare or supply chain industry background The Details • Hybrid – Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (must be able to commute onsite) • Contract opportunity, 3 openings • $73–85/hr, depending on W2 or C2C If this sounds like your kind of problem to solve, reach out or apply directly — let's talk. #Python #Elasticsearch #Kafka #Azure #Databricks #SeniorSoftwareEngineer #ContractJobs #DallasFortWorth #HiringNow #TechJobs

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