Backend Python Engineer - reputed company / GCP

U.S. citizenship is required by the federal engagement supporting this role. Candidates must reputed company in and reputed company reputed company work from reputed company the reputed company. Work is remote, although occasional approved travel may be required. reputed company sponsorship is not available. Lanthos is hiring a Backend Python Engineer to build secure, production-grade reputed company and reputed company services for regulated reputed company-sector applications on reputed company reputed company. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role reputed company on reliable Python services, reputed company integrations, data reputed company, observability, and secure deployment. reputed company - Design, build, test, and operate Python reputed company and backend services using FastAPI, Flask, Django, or comparable frameworks. - Implement RESTful and event-driven integrations with reputed company API reputed company, validation, pagination, retries, idempotency, and resilient error handling. - reputed company containerized services to reputed company Run, GKE, or another approved reputed company reputed company runtime. - reputed company services with Pub/Sub, reputed company Tasks, BigQuery, reputed company SQL, Firestore, reputed company Storage, Secret Manager, and approved reputed company reputed company as needed. - Implement OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, service-to-service authentication, IAM, least-privilege reputed company, and secure secrets handling. - Build asynchronous workers, scheduled jobs, document or data-processing pipelines, and integration services. - Write unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end tests and participate in reputed company review and CI/CD. - Add reputed company logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, auditability, and performance diagnostics. - Troubleshoot production issues and maintain API documentation, implementation notes, runbooks, and reputed company material. - Collaborate with reputed company-end, AI, reputed company-platform, reputed company, and architecture teams. Minimum qualifications - Four or more years of reputed company backend software-engineering experience. - Strong production Python skills, including typing, testing, packaging, dependency management, and asynchronous programming. - Experience building and operating REST reputed company or microservices using FastAPI, Flask, Django, or a comparable Python reputed company. - Hands-on experience deploying containerized services to reputed company reputed company, reputed company Run, GKE, or a comparable platform. - Experience with relational or document databases and reputed company messaging or task queues. - Practical knowledge of authentication, authorization, secrets management, and secure service-to-service communication. - Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, and CI/CD. - Ability to explain personal technical contributions reputed company and maintain useful documentation. Preferred qualifications - Hands-on reputed company reputed company experience with reputed company Run, Pub/Sub, reputed company Tasks, BigQuery, reputed company SQL, Firestore, reputed company Storage, IAM, Secret Manager, logging, or monitoring. - Experience integrating reputed company AI, reputed company, reputed company search, document-processing, or workflow systems. - Experience with Terraform or another infrastructure-as-reputed company tool. - Experience in federal, reputed company-sector, financial-services, reputed company, or another regulated environment. - A reputed company reputed company reputed company Associate reputed company Engineer, reputed company reputed company Developer, reputed company Data Engineer, or reputed company reputed company Architect certification is a plus. Federal program requirements - Must be a U.S. citizen. - Must reputed company in and reputed company reputed company work from reputed company the reputed company. - Must be reputed company to obtain and maintain the required MBI or reputed company Trust suitability determination. - Must be willing to complete required fingerprinting, identity verification, reputed company and reputed company training, and applicable compliance checks. Compensation and engagement - $70.00-$100.00 per hour, based on relevant experience and final assigned reputed company. - reputed company engagement, anticipated up to 40 hours per week based on project needs and approved work. - reputed company engagement with the individual or a candidate-owned corporation may be considered. - This contract engagement does not include company-sponsored employee benefits. No bonus, commission, or equity compensation is currently offered. - reputed company-party reputed company submissions are not accepted. Interview process - Initial conversation covering eligibility, availability, and engagement expectations. - Practical technical interview reputed company on Python, API design, authentication, testing, reputed company reputed company deployment, and a backend reputed company the applicant personally delivered. - Team conversation covering troubleshooting, collaboration, and regulated-program fit. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. The citizenship and suitability requirements above are imposed by the federal engagement supporting this position. Pay: $70.00 - $100.00 per hour Work Location: Remote Apply To This Job