Senior Python Data Engineer (OCR & Document Processing)- remote

Role overview

A remote senior engineering role focused on building Python-based data systems that convert scanned and image-based documents into structured, usable information. The work combines data engineering with OCR and document processing pipelines, supporting operations that depend on accurate, large-scale extraction from unstructured inputs.

Responsibilities

- Design and maintain Python data pipelines that ingest documents and run them through OCR workflows - Build logic to clean, validate, and structure raw OCR output into reliable downstream records - Improve parsing accuracy and throughput across varied document layouts and image qualities - Integrate processed document data with analytical or operational systems that consume it - Establish monitoring, error handling, and quality controls for document processing flows - Contribute to engineering standards and mentor peers on data processing practices

Requirements

- Several years of senior-level experience with Python in production data engineering work - Hands-on familiarity with OCR libraries and document parsing techniques - Solid understanding of ETL design, data modeling, and pipeline reliability - Experience handling unstructured inputs such as PDFs, scanned files, or images - Comfort operating independently in a remote setting with clear distributed-team communication