Kansas City Python Development Services

Kansas City's #1 Python Development Company

Senior Python engineers building production AI agents, RAG pipelines, FastAPI and Django services, data platforms, machine learning systems, web scrapers, automation bots, and ETL workflows on Python 3.12, async-first frameworks, and modern cloud stacks. Built in Kansas City, delivered nationwide, ranked for accuracy, speed, and scale.

22+

Years Shipping Python

3.12

Latest Python Version

400+

Python Apps Shipped

99.99%

Uptime Targets

theturngroup/agent/server.py
# FastAPI AI agent with RAG over pgvector
from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends
from openai import AsyncOpenAI
from .rag import VectorStore
from .auth import verify_jwt

app = FastAPI()
client = AsyncOpenAI()
store = VectorStore(table="docs", dim=1536)

@app.post("/ask")
async def ask(q: str, user=Depends(verify_jwt)):
    ctx = await store.search(q, k=8)
    chat = await client.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-4o",
        messages=[
            {"role": "system", "content": ctx.prompt},
            {"role": "user",   "content": q},
        ],
    )
    return {"answer": chat.choices[0].message.content}

What does our production Python stack look like in 2026?

Python 3.12
FastAPI
Django 5
Flask
Starlette
SQLAlchemy 2
Pydantic v2
Alembic
PostgreSQL
pgvector
Redis
Celery
RQ
Dramatiq
asyncio
httpx
uvicorn
Gunicorn
Poetry
uv
Ruff
mypy
pytest
Docker
What We Build In Python

What Python capabilities do we offer under one roof?

We do not pick one slice of Python. We ship the full surface area: web apps, APIs, AI agents, data pipelines, ML systems, automation, and the hardened infrastructure to run it all in production.

Custom Python Web Applications

Bespoke business apps, dashboards, internal tools, member portals, marketplaces, and SaaS platforms built on Django, FastAPI, or Flask with PEP 8 code, full type hints, and 90%+ test coverage.

  • Django admin and DRF for back-office
  • FastAPI + HTMX for modern UX
  • Multi-tenant + role based access

REST and GraphQL APIs

Versioned FastAPI and Django Rest Framework endpoints, Strawberry GraphQL schemas, OpenAPI specs, rate limiting, caching, and developer-friendly docs for mobile, partner, and AI consumers.

  • OpenAPI 3.1 auto-generated
  • JWT, OAuth2, API key auth
  • Webhooks with retries and HMAC

AI Agents and LLM Integration

Production OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, Mistral, and local Ollama agents with tool use, function calling, planning, memory, and guardrails.

  • LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex
  • CrewAI multi-agent workflows
  • Streaming + structured outputs

RAG and Vector Search

Document ingestion, chunking, and embedding pipelines over pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, and Redis Vector for grounded AI answers from your data.

  • Hybrid BM25 + vector retrieval
  • Reranking with Cohere or BGE
  • Citation tracking + evals

Machine Learning and Data Science

Classical ML with scikit-learn, deep learning with PyTorch and TensorFlow, feature engineering, model training, MLflow experiment tracking, and clean handoff to product teams.

  • Forecasting, classification, regression
  • Recommender systems
  • NLP, computer vision, audio

Data Pipelines and ETL

Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, and dbt pipelines that move data between SaaS, databases, APIs, and warehouses with retries, lineage, alerts, and idempotent reruns.

  • BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift
  • Pandas + Polars transformations
  • Change data capture + Kafka

Automation Bots and Scrapers

Playwright, Selenium, Scrapy, and Requests bots that log in, click, fill, extract, and submit at scale. Captcha handling, proxy rotation, and human-in-the-loop fallback.

  • SaaS data harvesters
  • Lead enrichment crawlers
  • RPA for back-office workflows

CLI Tools and Scripts

Typer and Click command line tools with rich help, JSON output, and Unix-friendly pipes. Long-running scripts wrapped as systemd services, cron jobs, or Lambda functions.

  • DevOps utilities for your team
  • One-off data migrations
  • Internal automation glue

Database Architecture

PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and DuckDB. SQLAlchemy 2 typed models, Alembic migrations, indexing strategy, query tuning, and read replicas.

  • pgvector for AI semantic search
  • Partitioning + sharding
  • OLTP + OLAP separation

Background Jobs and Queues

Celery, RQ, Dramatiq, arq, and Taskiq workers backed by Redis, RabbitMQ, or SQS. Retries with backoff, dead-letter queues, idempotency keys, and observability.

  • Email, SMS, AI generation jobs
  • Scheduled and one-shot tasks
  • Multi-priority pipelines

Payment Integration

Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Square, Braintree, Apple Pay, Google Pay, CashApp, Venmo, ACH, subscriptions, dunning, refunds, partial captures, and 3D Secure in Python.

  • Webhook receivers with HMAC
  • Customer portals + invoicing
  • PCI-aware token vaulting

Security and Compliance

OWASP Top 10 reviews, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, magic links, TOTP, WebAuthn, RBAC, ABAC, secrets management, audit logging, and SOC 2 / HIPAA-friendly patterns.

  • pip-audit + Snyk in CI
  • Argon2id + KMS-managed keys
  • PII redaction and tokenization
Frameworks We Use

Which major Python frameworks do we ship production-grade?

We pick the right tool for the job. Modern async API? FastAPI. Full stack web app with admin? Django. Tiny microservice? Flask or Starlette. ML serving? BentoML or Ray Serve. We ship in all of them.

Async API

FastAPI

Typed Pydantic models, auto OpenAPI docs, dependency injection, async-first, and the fastest growing Python web framework. Our default for new APIs.

Full Stack

Django 5

Batteries-included ORM, admin, auth, migrations, channels, and Django Rest Framework. Best fit for content-heavy, multi-role business apps.

Microservice

Flask + Starlette

Minimal core, maximum flexibility. Ideal for tiny internal services, webhook receivers, and single-purpose APIs that need to stay simple.

AI Agents

LangGraph + LlamaIndex

Stateful, multi-step agent workflows with branching, retries, and tool use. LlamaIndex for RAG over your private knowledge.

Multi Agent

CrewAI + AutoGen

Role-based agent crews that plan, delegate, and verify each other. Used for research, content, code review, and customer support automation.

Data Pipelines

Airflow + Prefect

DAG-based orchestration with retries, alerting, SLAs, and lineage. We run both, and pick whichever matches your team and infra.

ML Serving

BentoML + Ray Serve

Package and serve PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn models with autoscaling, batching, and GPU support behind a clean HTTP API.

Scraping

Playwright + Scrapy

Headless browser automation for JavaScript-heavy targets, and Scrapy for fast, polite, large-scale extraction with item pipelines and AutoThrottle.

AI Integration In Python

Why is Python the default language for AI and how do we ship it in production?

Most AI tutorials stop at a notebook. We ship Python AI to production: streaming chat, tool-using agents, multi-step planners, RAG over your data, evals, observability, cost guardrails, and graceful fallbacks. Real apps, real users, real revenue.

LLM Integration

OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude Sonnet, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, Mistral, Groq, and local Ollama. Streaming, function calling, structured outputs with Pydantic, and provider failover.

RAG Pipelines

Ingest, chunk, embed, and retrieve from pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, or Redis Vector. Hybrid BM25 plus vector with reranking and citation tracking.

AI Agents

Tool-using agents with LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and the OpenAI Assistants API. Multi-step planners, reflection loops, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.

MCP Servers

Model Context Protocol servers in Python so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity can call your internal tools, databases, and APIs safely with scoped permissions.

Evals and Guardrails

Promptfoo, DeepEval, Ragas, and custom golden datasets. PII redaction, content filters, jailbreak detection, prompt injection defense, and budget caps.

Voice and Multimodal

Whisper transcription, ElevenLabs voice, OpenAI Realtime, Vision models for images and PDFs, and Sora-style video for marketing pipelines.

Data Science and Machine Learning

How do we move Python from notebook to production without the handoff mess?

Most ML projects die between data science and engineering. We do both. Your model gets trained, validated, packaged, deployed, monitored, and retrained on a schedule. No mystery code, no orphaned notebooks.

Models We Train and Deploy

  • Classification: XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, scikit-learn, and PyTorch tabular for churn, fraud, lead scoring, and routing decisions.
  • Forecasting: Prophet, NeuralProphet, statsforecast, and Darts for demand, revenue, capacity, and inventory.
  • Recommenders: Implicit, LightFM, and two-tower neural recommenders for product, content, and cross-sell.
  • NLP: Transformer fine-tuning, sentence-transformers, BERTopic, spaCy NER, and zero-shot classification with LLMs.
  • Computer Vision: YOLO, Detectron2, MMDetection, OCR with PaddleOCR, and image embeddings with CLIP.

Tools and Practices

  • Experiment tracking: MLflow, Weights and Biases, and Comet with model versioning and artifact storage.
  • Feature stores: Feast and Tecton patterns for online and offline parity.
  • Data validation: Great Expectations, Pandera, and Pydantic at every pipeline boundary.
  • Serving: BentoML, Ray Serve, Triton, TorchServe, and FastAPI for low-latency inference at scale.
  • Monitoring: Drift detection, performance decay alerts, and scheduled retraining with rollback.
How We Build Python In 6 Steps

No Mystery, No Bait-And-Switch Scope

You see the architecture, the data flow, the API contracts, the model card, and the deployment plan before a single line of production Python is written. Then we ship in vertical slices so you see value every sprint.

  1. Discovery and Architecture

    Requirements workshop, data flow diagrams, API contracts, model selection, and a written PRD. You approve the plan before we write code.

  2. Data and API Design

    PostgreSQL or DuckDB schema, OpenAPI spec, Pydantic models, auth model, and queue topology. Reviewed line by line so future-you can extend it.

  3. Build In Vertical Slices

    End-to-end working features every sprint. Demo environment from day one. Ruff, mypy, pytest, and 90% coverage gates on every push.

  4. Security and Performance Pass

    OWASP review, dependency audit, load testing with Locust, query plan review, and async tuning. A written report on what we found and fixed.

  5. Deploy and Cut Over

    Zero-downtime deploys, blue-green or rolling, database migrations gated behind feature flags, DNS cutover, and a documented rollback plan.

  6. Monitor and Iterate

    Sentry, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry, error budgets, on-call rotation, model drift alerts, and monthly improvements baked into your retainer.

Production-Grade From Day One

How is hardening and scale built into every Python build?

Your Python service does not just work on a laptop. It survives traffic spikes, hostile users, dependency vulnerabilities, and the 3 a.m. on-call page. We test for all of it before launch.

Security Hardening Included

  • OWASP Top 10 reviewed every release
  • pip-audit and Snyk in CI with auto PRs
  • Argon2id password hashing and KMS-managed keys
  • CSRF, CSP, HSTS, and rate limiting on every endpoint
  • JWT or session auth with rotation and revocation
  • Audit logging with immutable retention
  • PII tokenization and per-tenant encryption
  • SOC 2 and HIPAA-friendly patterns when needed

Performance and Scaling, Engineered In

  • asyncio and uvloop tuned for your workload
  • Connection pooling for PostgreSQL and Redis
  • N+1 elimination and ORM query plans reviewed
  • Edge and HTTP caching with CDN integration
  • Background jobs offloaded to Celery or RQ
  • Locust load testing before launch
  • Autoscaling on Fly, Render, AWS, or Kubernetes
  • p95 latency targets defined and monitored
Python Development Pricing

Fixed-Scope Python Builds, Posted Publicly

No discovery call required to see a number. These are real starting prices for real Python work. Custom projects priced after a free 30 minute scoping call.

Starter

Python Script or API

A single Python service, automation script, or small FastAPI app shipped in 2-4 weeks.

From$4,500

Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline

  • 1 service or script, 1 environment
  • FastAPI, Flask, or Django starter
  • PostgreSQL or SQLite schema
  • Pydantic typed models
  • OpenAPI docs auto-generated
  • pytest coverage at 80%+
  • Docker + 1-command deploy
  • 30 days post-launch support
Start A Python Project

Growth

Full Python App or AI Agent

Production Python web app, AI agent, or data pipeline shipped in 6-10 weeks.

From$18,500

Most common engagement

  • Django or FastAPI with full admin
  • JWT or OAuth2 auth + RBAC
  • PostgreSQL + pgvector + Redis
  • Celery or RQ background workers
  • RAG or LLM feature included
  • Stripe or Authorize.Net integration
  • Ruff + mypy + pytest at 90%+
  • Sentry + Datadog observability
  • 90 days post-launch support
Plan A Python Build

Scale

Python Platform or ML System

Multi-service Python platform, ML system, or AI product engineered for scale.

From$52,000

Includes architecture and audit

  • Multi-service async architecture
  • Trained model + MLflow tracking
  • BentoML or Ray Serve inference
  • Airflow or Prefect pipelines
  • pgvector or Pinecone at scale
  • Multi-region, blue-green deploys
  • SOC 2 / HIPAA-friendly patterns
  • Locust load testing to 10k RPS
  • 12 months SRE retainer included
Plan A Platform
Where Python Wins

Real Python Projects We Ship Every Quarter

A snapshot of the Python work we actually do. Each one is a real engagement pattern, not a brochure. Use them as starting points for your scoping conversation.

[1]: customer_support_agent.py

Customer Support AI Agent

A LangGraph agent that reads your help center, ticket history, and product docs to answer customer questions, draft responses, and escalate edge cases with full citations.

LangGraphpgvectorFastAPI
[2]: lead_enrichment.py

Lead Enrichment Pipeline

A Prefect pipeline that takes raw inbound leads, fires off Playwright scrapers and clearbit-style API calls, classifies fit with an LLM, and writes scored records back to your CRM.

PrefectPlaywrightOpenAI
[3]: forecast_revenue.py

Revenue Forecasting Model

A Darts and Prophet ensemble that ingests Stripe, QuickBooks, and Salesforce data and produces 13-week revenue forecasts with confidence bands, refreshed nightly.

DartsProphetAirflow
[4]: booking_dispatch.py

Booking and Dispatch System

A Django + Celery system that takes online bookings, routes jobs to crews, sends SMS confirmations, and reschedules around weather and capacity automatically.

DjangoCeleryTwilio
[5]: doc_extractor.py

Document Extraction Service

A FastAPI service that accepts PDFs and images, runs PaddleOCR plus GPT-4o vision, and returns structured JSON ready for your ERP or accounting system.

FastAPIPaddleOCRGPT-4o
[6]: internal_mcp_server.py

Internal MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server in Python that exposes your CRM, billing, support, and analytics to Claude and ChatGPT with scoped per-user permissions.

MCPPydanticSQLAlchemy
Industries We Build Python For

Python Across Every Vertical

Python is the language of automation, data, and AI - which means it shows up in every industry. We have shipped real Python systems for clients in each of these categories.

🏥

Healthcare

HIPAA-aware clinical tools, intake automation, claims, and PHI redaction.

⚖️

Legal

Document analysis, contract extraction, matter management, and e-signature.

🏠

Real Estate

MLS feeds, lead routing, property scoring, and AI listing description writers.

🛒

eCommerce

Personalization, recommenders, dynamic pricing, and inventory forecasting.

🏗️

Construction

Estimating engines, dispatch routing, photo verification, and safety AI.

💰

Finance

Fraud scoring, KYC/AML pipelines, reconciliation, and ledger services.

🎓

Education

Adaptive learning, AI tutors, grading assistants, and SIS integrations.

🚚

Logistics

Route optimization, ETA prediction, telemetry ingestion, and warehouse AI.

🏨

Hospitality

Booking engines, revenue forecasting, dynamic pricing, and guest AI.

🤝

Nonprofit

Donor analytics, grants automation, volunteer routing, and AI outreach.

🏭

Manufacturing

Predictive maintenance, quality CV, MES integrations, and OEE dashboards.

📡

SaaS

Multi-tenant APIs, usage metering, AI features, and onboarding automation.

Python Services We Offer

If It Runs On Python, We Build It

A non-exhaustive map of the Python services we ship every month. Click any service to start a conversation about scope, timeline, and price.

Python web development FastAPI development Django development Flask development Django REST Framework Starlette microservice async Python API Python REST API Python GraphQL API Python SaaS platform Python CRM integration Python ERP integration Python AI agent development Python LLM integration OpenAI Python integration Anthropic Claude Python Gemini Python SDK Grok Python integration LangChain Python LangGraph agents LlamaIndex RAG CrewAI multi-agent Python MCP server Python RAG pgvector Pinecone Python integration Weaviate Python Qdrant Python Chroma vector database Python embedding pipeline Python machine learning scikit-learn development PyTorch development TensorFlow development XGBoost LightGBM Python forecasting Python recommender system Python NLP Python computer vision YOLO object detection OCR with Python Python data pipeline Airflow development Prefect development Dagster development dbt Python models Python ETL service Python web scraping Playwright Python Scrapy development Selenium automation Python RPA Python Stripe integration Python Authorize.Net Python PayPal integration Python subscriptions Python OAuth2 server Python JWT auth Python SSO SAML Python WebAuthn Python Celery worker Python RQ queue Python Dramatiq jobs Python background jobs Python cron scheduler Python WebSocket server Python SSE streaming Python Whisper transcription Python ElevenLabs voice Python Twilio SMS Python Mailgun email Python PostgreSQL development Python MySQL development SQLAlchemy 2 ORM Alembic migrations Python Redis caching Python Docker Python Kubernetes Python AWS Lambda Python Cloud Run Python Fly.io deploy Python CI/CD pipeline Python pytest coverage Python mypy typing Python Ruff linting Python security audit Python performance tuning Python legacy migration Python 2 to 3 upgrade Python code audit Python consulting USA Python development company Kansas City Python developers enterprise Python development hire Python engineers
Python Development FAQ

Answers Before You Ask

Is Python the right choice for my project?
Python is the strongest choice when AI, machine learning, data, automation, or scientific computing is part of the scope. It is also excellent for back-office tools, internal APIs, and web apps with admin needs. If your project is pure CRUD with no AI or data work, we sometimes recommend PHP or Node instead - we will tell you honestly during scoping.
Which Python framework do you recommend?
For new async APIs, FastAPI. For content-heavy web apps with admin, Django. For tiny microservices, Flask or Starlette. For AI agents, LangGraph plus FastAPI. For data pipelines, Prefect or Airflow. We pick the right one based on team, scale, and integration needs - not on what is trendy.
Can Python really handle production AI workloads?
Yes. Python is the default language for AI and ML, and async Python with uvloop is fast enough for the vast majority of LLM, RAG, and agent workloads, where the bottleneck is the model API call, not the language. For pure CPU-bound numeric work we use NumPy, Polars, or call into Rust extensions.
Do you write tests?
Always. We use pytest, hypothesis for property-based tests, Pact for contract tests, and Locust for load testing. We target 90%+ line coverage on growth and scale projects, and we gate every PR on Ruff, mypy, and pytest before merge.
Where do you deploy Python apps?
Wherever fits your team. We deploy to Fly.io, Render, Railway, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Run, Azure App Service, DigitalOcean, and Kubernetes. We also deploy to cPanel/WHM and bare metal when needed. We will recommend the simplest option that meets your scale and compliance needs.
Can you upgrade an old Python 2 or early Python 3 codebase?
Yes. We do strangler-fig migrations - new code in modern Python 3.12 alongside legacy code, gradual cutover, dual-run validation, and zero big-bang rewrites. We have moved Django 1.x and Flask 0.x apps to Django 5 and FastAPI without downtime.
Will you train our internal team?
Absolutely. We pair-program with your engineers, write thorough internal docs and ADRs, record walkthrough videos, and run handover workshops. Many of our clients eventually take Python work in-house, and we engineer for that from day one.
How do you price Python projects?
Three ways: fixed-scope fixed-price for clear deliverables, hourly retainers for ongoing work, and milestone-based for larger platforms. The pricing tiers above are real starting prices. Custom work is priced after a free 30 minute scoping call where we map your goals and constraints.
Do you sign NDAs and BAAs?
Yes. We sign mutual NDAs as a standard step, and we sign HIPAA BAAs for healthcare clients. For SOC 2, PCI, or regulated finance work, we follow your security controls and document evidence as part of the engagement.
Are your engineers US-based?
Yes. Every Python engineer at The Turn Group is US-based with our HQ in Kansas City, Missouri. We do not offshore your project. You work directly with the engineers writing your code, on US business hours, in your time zone.
Let's Build It In Python

Let's Ship Your Next Python App

Tell us what you need. We will return a fixed-scope plan, architecture diagram, and price within two business days. No discovery fee, no aggressive sales call.