{"id":3535,"date":"2026-04-24T07:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.brooksource.com\/jobs\/job\/a1wcv000000v3fxeac-senior-python-backend-engineer-waukegan-illinois\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:08:49","slug":"a1wcv000000v3fxeac-senior-python-backend-engineer-waukegan-illinois","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.brooksource.com\/jobs\/job\/a1wcv000000v3fxeac-senior-python-backend-engineer-waukegan-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Python Backend Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Senior Python Backend Engineer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Waukegan, IL (Hybrid \u2013 Tues\u2013Thurs onsite, Mon &amp; Fri remote)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>W-2 Contract through EOY (expected renewal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>$70-80\/hr W-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE ROLE<\/h3>\n<p>Our client, a Fortune 500 biopharmaceutical company, is seeking a Senior Python Backend Engineer for a hybrid Waukegan, IL-based W-2 contract role. In this position, you will play a key role in building agentic AI capabilities into the IT Service Management (ITSM) platform, enabling automated agents to pick up, diagnose, and resolve IT tickets end-to-end. You will focus on developing and maintaining production-grade, headless Python backend services and APIs that power automation workflows and integrate with ServiceNow, reducing manual L1\/L2 support, improving speed and consistency, and enabling scalable automation across enterprise IT operations. The work is primarily backend Python (80\u201390%), with some React\/TypeScript for internal admin tooling. 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