Python Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Python Developer to join our team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain production-grade AI-powered applications—primarily chatbot and conversational AI systems. You will work across the full engineering stack: from backend APIs and database design to LLM integration, evaluation, and CI/CD infrastructure. This is a high-impact role requiring strong technical depth, excellent communication, and a collaborative mindset.

Location: Woodlawn, MD (5 days/week on-site required)

Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure chatbot reliability, safety, and compliance through moderation, guardrails, and abuse prevention.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to support production reliability and rapid issue resolution.
• Design and analyze A/B tests to evaluate the impact of changes to chatbot prompts, models, or features.
• Lead code reviews and enforce best practices to maintain high engineering standards.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments, and infrastructure decisions supporting high availability.
• Evaluate and adopt new AI technologies and architectural improvements to support long-term scalability.
• Design, implement, and maintain relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) to support chatbot functionality, session management, and knowledge base storage.
• Optimize database queries and ensure data integrity, security, and scalability.
• Manage document indexing and updates in the knowledge base to ensure accurate and efficient retrieval.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, raise risks early, and support user feedback loops.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor''s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Master''s or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience building, scaling, and maintaining production-grade Python applications.

Technical Skills

• Deep expertise in production-grade Python application development.
• Strong Python backend engineering including API design, asynchronous programming, and system integration.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB).

Desired Skills

• Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, containerization, monitoring, and logging.
• Prior experience building or operating public-facing, high-availability, or regulated systems.