Python Developer

Forsyth Barnes
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 56K

Job location

Remote

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Django
Identity and Access Management
Python
Software Engineering
Strategies of Testing
Flask
Gitlab
FastAPI
Non-relational Database
Asynchronous Programming
REST
Terraform
Serverless Computing

Job description

  • Building a FastAPI-based headless service to manage REST APIs for user and group IAM relationships in AWS
  • Designing and delivering a technical audit service for the IAM system
  • Supporting the IAM syncing solution to meet production standards
  • Implementing robust QA and testing strategies
  • Ensuring non-functional requirements are met (scalability, performance, reliability)
  • Contributing strong software engineering skills to complement the existing platform team

Requirements

This is a hands-on engineering role suited to senior Python developers who enjoy building production systems from the ground up and working independently on application development, while collaborating closely with a wider AWS platform team., * 5+ years of hands-on Python development

  • Production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask (FastAPI preferred)
  • Strong experience building RESTful APIs
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases
  • Proven experience building applications from scratch and taking them to production
  • Experience supporting production systems handling high traffic

AWS & cloud experience

  • 5+ years of AWS (or equivalent cloud) experience
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture
  • Experience with serverless technologies
  • Solid knowledge of asynchronous programming models
  • Familiarity with Terraform concepts (writing not required)

DevOps & delivery

  • Experience deploying applications via CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab)
  • Comfortable taking systems live and maintaining production services

Benefits & conditions

6 Month Contract - Fully Remote Daily Rate: £500 Outside IR35

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