Software Engineer

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.•Cincinnati, OH

2d•$123,000 - $136,000•Remote

About The Position

The Software Engineer will build, support, and operate scalable data ingestion pipelines and web crawling systems using Python and Playwright. The position will support data acquisition, transformation, and storage workflows; implement monitoring and alerting for data quality and performance; and maintain CI/CD and execution environments for pipelines. At this time, candidates who would work in the following states will not be considered for this role: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MA, ME, MI, MD, MN, NV, NJ, NY, RI, VT, and WA.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building and operating backend systems in Python/Ruby/JS/Rust/Go/similar language in production environments
Experience building and maintaining data‑intensive software systems, including web crawling, data ingestion, transformation, validation, storage workflows, or distributed systems like IoT
Experience maintaining infrastructure for data‑intensive applications, such as CI/CD pipelines, job orchestration, monitoring, and scaling
Experience debugging and operating complex systems across application code, data workflows, infrastructure, and databases, including production support
Experience in performing code reviews and providing technical feedback to other engineers
Experience collaborating closely with cross‑functional partners such as product, data, and platform teams
Experience with SQL to build queries for reporting or application development
Experience working with APIs and data interfaces
Associate's degree in related discipline.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science preferred.
1 - 3 years of experience in similar field.
2-3 years of experience in software development preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience building/working with ML models/anomaly detection systems
Experience with Docker/K8s

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend software systems for web crawling and automated data acquisition using Python and Playwright or related tools/libraries.
Develop and maintain scalable data processing pipelines supporting ingestion, transformation, and storage workflows.
Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities to ensure data quality, performance, and reliability in production environments.
Debug and troubleshoot issues across data pipelines and database components, including production support and incident response.
Participate in sprint ceremonies and collaborate with product and design partners.
Perform code reviews, provide feedback to other engineers, and ensure the quality and maintainability of the codebase.
Maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and databases supporting these systems.