Backend Software Engineer: Python (AI/ML)

Backend Software Engineer: Python (AI/ML)W2 ContractPay Rate: $55 - $65 per hourLocation: Austin, TX - Remote RoleDuties and Responsibilities: • Design and implement production-grade Python services supporting a distributed platform • Solve algorithmic and data-structure-driven problems with clarity and correctness • Own API design, service boundaries, and inter-service communication • Build and deploy microservices on Kubernetes • Improve reliability, performance, and observability of existing systems • Participate in on-call and support rotations, and contribute to platform stability • Collaborate closely with SRE teams on deployments, releases, and operational tooling • Contribute to onboarding, automation, and internal developer experience Requirements and Qualifications: • Strong Python fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, async patterns, and error handling • Ability to clarify requirements before coding and reason through multi-step problems • Experience building distributed systems or backend platforms. • Hands-on experience with REST and gRPC APIs, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes-based deployments • Solid understanding of service reliability, observability, including logs, metrics, and tracing, and production debugging and incident response • Comfortable working in a high-ownership, low-handholding environment Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with AI platforms, LLMs, or agent orchestration • Familiarity with automation bots or internal developer tooling • Experience supporting large internal user bases or shared platforms • Prior SRE or DevOps exposure Desired Skills and ExperiencePython, Backend Development, Distributed Systems, Microservices Architecture, Kubernetes, REST APIs, gRPC, API Design, Async Programming, Data Structures, Algorithms, Error Handling, Service Reliability, Observability, Logging, Metrics, Tracing, Performance Optimization, Production Debugging, Incident Response, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), CI/CD, Deployment Automation, Inter-service Communication, Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, Automation, On-call Support, AI/ML Platforms, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agent Orchestration, Internal Tooling, Scalable Systems, Cloud-native Development Bayside Solutions, Inc. is not able to sponsor any candidates at this time. Additionally, candidates for this position must qualify as a W2 candidate. Bayside Solutions, Inc. may collect your personal information during the position application process. Please reference Bayside Solutions, Inc.'s CCPA Privacy Policy at www.baysidesolutions.com.