Remote Senior Python Engineer - Data Pipelines & AWS Cloud

Eliassen Group; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 102,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Python Developer position with Eliassen Group—remote contract work for a SaaS risk and compliance platform. You will deliver Python services and data pipelines on Linux, ingest and query large datasets, and deploy workloads via AWS. Strong SQL and Elasticsearch experience required; W2 benefits offered.

Candidates should have 5+ years in the field, hands-on Linux and Python, and the ability to own components end to end. Startup exposure and ML/NLP familiarity are a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in Python and Linux.
• Experience ingesting, storing, and querying large datasets at scale.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases.
• Familiarity with ElasticSearch or other NoSQL search engines.
• Hands-on AWS experience with Lambda, ECS, EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, Route 53, and networking concepts.
• Demonstrated initiative in independent or self-managed projects.
• Startup exposure is a plus.
• Nice to have: NLP/NER, ML, or agent frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python services and data pipelines on Linux.
• Ingest, normalize, and query messy, large-scale datasets.
• Implement and optimize data models in PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Build and tune search capabilities using ElasticSearch or comparable engines.
• Deploy and operate workloads on AWS including Lambda, ECS, EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, Route 53, and core networking.
• Own components end to end including source code, testing and validation, interdependencies, and deployment strategies.
• Contribute to modernization while supporting production stability for the screening platform.

Skills

Python

Linux

Data ingestion

Large datasets

SQL knowledge

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

Senior Python Developer position with Eliassen Group—remote contract work for a SaaS risk and compliance platform. You will deliver Python services and data pipelines on Linux, ingest and query large datasets, and deploy workloads via AWS. Strong SQL and Elasticsearch experience required; W2 benefits offered.

Candidates should have 5+ years in the field, hands-on Linux and Python, and the ability to own components end to end. Startup exposure and ML/NLP familiarity are a plus.