Full Stack Python Engineer

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Full Stack Python Engineer for an innovative organization modernizing its business-critical enterprise technology environment. This is a four-month contract-to-hire OR direct hire opportunity working onsite in Addison, Texas, with an immediate start anticipated. POSITION OVERVIEW: The Full Stack Python Engineer will design and build complete cloud-native applications spanning Python backend services, REST APIs, distributed processing workflows, databases, and supporting frontend integrations. This hands-on software engineering role will translate business requirements into scalable, resilient, and production-ready systems within an Azure-hosted, container-first environment. The ideal candidate brings deep distributed systems knowledge and designs applications for reliability, scalability, fault isolation, recoverability, observability, and long-term maintainability. PERKS: Competitive compensation based on experience and technical expertiseBenefit options during the contract period, with additional information provided during the interview processFour-month contract-to-hire OR direct hire opportunitySignificant ownership over the architecture and development of business-critical systemsOpportunity to build modern, cloud-native applications in a collaborative onsite environment RESPONSIBILITIES: Design and build end-to-end applications using Python 3.x backend services, RESTful APIs, SQL databases, and supporting React or JavaScript integration layers.Develop modular microservices and distributed processing systems using event-driven architecture, asynchronous processing, queues, workers, and API-first design.Engineer reliable large-file and long-running processing workflows using streaming or chunking, checkpointing, retries, idempotency, failure isolation, and resumable processing.Containerize and deploy applications using Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Container Apps, supporting horizontal scaling, rolling and versioned deployments, and fault-tolerant runtime behavior.Build observable, scalable, and recoverable workflows using Apache Airflow or comparable orchestration tools, along with Azure Service Bus and queue-based processing technologies.Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and production-grade logging, monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics using tools such as Azure Monitor and Application Insights. QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of 6+ years of professional software engineering experience building full-stack, platform-grade, or high-scale enterprise software systems.Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will also be considered.Advanced hands-on experience with Python 3.x, REST API development, microservices, asynchronous processing, event-driven architecture, and distributed application design.Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes—preferably AKS—Azure Container Apps, Linux environments, Git or GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines.Experience with Apache Airflow or an equivalent orchestration platform and developing scalable queue-, worker-, or event-based distributed processing workflows.Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server, plus integration-level proficiency with JavaScript, React, or a comparable frontend framework.Experience designing observable and recoverable cloud systems using Azure technologies such as Service Bus, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights; experience with Redis, Solr or similar search platforms, Java/JVM services, or high-scale enterprise applications is beneficial. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: This position offers competitive compensation up to $155k/yr (DOE) along with medical, dental and vision offerings during the contract and then the clients full benefits available upon conversion to permanent employment ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM: Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online. 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