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As of Jul 29, 2026, the average hourly pay for senior python consultant in Washington, DC is $59.48, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $24.76 and $78.94 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior Python Consultant vs Python Developer?

AspectSenior Python ConsultantPython Developer
CredentialsBachelor's/Master's in CS or related, often with certifications like Python InstituteBachelor's in CS or related, certifications less common
Work EnvironmentConsulting firms, client sites, project-basedIn-house or freelance, software companies, startups
Industry UsageUsed in consulting, enterprise solutions, system integrationUsed in software development, product creation, app development

While both roles require strong Python skills, Senior Python Consultants focus on advising clients, designing solutions, and managing projects, whereas Python Developers primarily build and maintain software applications. The consultant role often involves more client interaction and strategic planning, while developers focus on coding and implementation.

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Senior Python Developer - Federal Agency Background

MDAEdge

Washington, DC • On-site

$137K - $184K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 4 days ago

Job description

Job Summary:
MDAEdge is a Veteran-owned company seeking a Senior Python Developer with experience in federal agency environments. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining Python applications, ensuring high-quality code and supporting various mission applications.
Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code
• Integration of data storage solutions includes databases, key-value stores, blob stores, document stores, graphs, etc.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Supporting the customer
• Trusted to understand the technical and functional design requirements related to Python using Django as a web framework
• Designing, developing, and testing mission applications
• Designing and developing new web applications
• Maintaining and troubleshooting existing web applications
• Creating back-end components
• Connect applications with additional web servers
• Maintaining APIs
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a technical discipline related to the specific skill or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• Experience with Django and other shared middleware libraries used for testing, caching, messaging, and session management.
• Good understanding of Python syntax and its nuance.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Good understanding of CSS.
• Excellent understanding of front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Ability to write clean and organized code.
• Proficiency with code versioning tools, including Git, GitHub, SVN, and Mercurial.
• Familiarity with MVC, Mocking, RESTful, and ORM.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.
• Knowledge of server-side templating languages, including Slim and Liquid.
• Familiarity with testing tools.
• Exhibited CSS, HTML, jQuery, Ajax, and JSON proficiency.
• Experience with database management (MySQL, Postgres).
• Experience with design, development, and testing of integrated mission applications, RESTful web services, and external libraries in multiple languages to interface with APIs.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies.
• Experience with JavaScript, Angular, ReactJS, ViewJS.
• Familiarity with AWS.
• Experience and familiarity with Angular, ReactJS, and ViewJS.
• Familiarity with MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful? API concepts? API
• A knack for writing clean, readable code.
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Good understanding of information gathering and the questioning method, i.e., able to ask how, what, when, where, why, and who to discern problems
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
Preferred:
• Previous management consulting experience
• Experience with a federal agency as a contractor or federal employee
Company:
The world doesn't have a talent shortage. It has a talent alignment problem. MDA Edge exists to fix that. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Sheridan, WY, US, , with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.

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