
Principal Python Engineer – Core Search Platform
Ole & Lena Digital
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $175 - $225 per hour
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and optimize the Python systems that power global indexing pipelines
- Architect low-latency Python services supporting core search
- Optimize indexing and ranking pipelines
- Improve query response times at scale
- Design concurrency strategies for performance-critical systems
- Influence system-level architectural decisions
- Mentor senior engineers and elevate technical standards
- Bridge ML-driven ranking systems with production-grade infrastructure
Requirements
- Has 10+ years of Python engineering in production
- Understands CPython internals and performance trade-offs
- Has optimized systems around GIL, async I/O, multiprocessing
- Has built high-throughput services serving millions of users
- Has architected distributed systems end-to-end
- Can debug performance issues at memory and execution level
- Has operated at Staff or Principal level with architectural ownership
- Experience in relevance engineering, information retrieval theory, or ML-driven search pipelines is highly valued.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonCPythonasync I/Omultiprocessingdistributed systemsperformance optimizationdebugginghigh-throughput servicesindexing pipelinesranking systems
Soft Skills
mentoringinfluencing architectural decisionstechnical standards elevation