Staff Python Engineer: Data Systems & AI Workflows

Xapply; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Python-based, in the United States. This senior role concentrates on backend and distributed systems, with roughly 70% backend work and 20–30% frontend.

You will shape data-driven products and scalable architectures to drive reliability and performance. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to set engineering direction, design near-real-time data infrastructure, experimentation platforms, AI-powered workflows, and

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python with backend and distributed-systems experience.
• Frontend exposure with web-apps is a plus.
• Strong architectural design and data-platform knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Shape scalable data products and distributed systems.
• Own near-real-time data infrastructure and experimentation platforms.
• Define AI-driven workflows and robust integrations across systems.
• Mentor engineers and shape engineering direction in a fast-moving team.

Skills

Python

Distributed Systems

Backend

Frontend

Data Infrastructure

Data Products

Architecture

Reliability

Scalability

AI Workflows

Integration Systems

Job description

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Python-based, in the United States. This senior role concentrates on backend and distributed systems, with roughly 70% backend work and 20–30% frontend.

You will shape data-driven products and scalable architectures to drive reliability and performance. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to set engineering direction, design near-real-time data infrastructure, experimentation platforms, AI-powered workflows, and