Senior Python/Backend PDF Generation Developer in Austin, TX

Title: : Senior Python Backend PDF Generation Developer

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid- Minimum 3 days onsite per week)

Duration: 7+Months

Client: Texas Department of Transportation

Responsibilities

TxDOT is seeking three experienced Senior Python Developers to support the development of a production-ready PDF Generator platform.

The solution will generate complex business and legal documents used in TxDOT''''''''s letting and contract execution processes, including:

• Proposals
• Contracts
• Addenda
• Letters
• Other structured and dynamically generated PDF documents

The selected developers will design, develop, integrate, test, and deploy scalable backend document-generation services.

Important: Candidates must have a minimum of 5+ years of relevant development experience and be able to work onsite at TxDOT Headquarters on Stassney in Austin, Texas, at least 3 days per week throughout the engagement.

Required Skills

Candidates must have:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on Python backend development experience.
• Experience developing or maintaining backend document-generation services.
• Experience developing REST APIs using FastAPI or similar Python frameworks.
• Strong understanding of async/await programming patterns.
• Experience integrating applications with enterprise data and storage systems.
• Experience building scalable, production-quality backend applications.
• Experience with automated testing, source control, CI/CD, and containerized deployments.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a Senior Python Backend Developer with direct enterprise document or PDF-generation experience, rather than a general-purpose Python developer.

A strong profile would demonstrate:

Python + FastAPI + Async/Await + PDF Generation + Enterprise Integration + OAuth2/JWT + Docker + CI/CD

Experience with ReportLab, WeasyPrint, Jinja2, PyPDF2, LibreOffice Headless, AWS, Azure DevOps, and complex PDF formatting will be particularly valuable.