Senior Python Developer

Senior Python Developer Location: Glasgow Job Type: 1-year contract Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office

Who We Are Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Who You Will Work With Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and design strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop scalable Python-based automation solutions to abstract backup applications, including RESTful APIs for self-service end-user access and automated workload placement across hybrid environments
• Collaborate with internal SMEs in backup, storage, database, and UNIX domains to assess current systems, define future-state architectures, and outline migration stages, translating requirements into actionable Python implementations
• Build reliable ML-driven tools and scripts in Python (using frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn) to optimize workload automation, predict placement needs, and handle Legacy-modern tech integrations
• Conduct code reviews, implement CI/CD pipelines with Python tooling (eg, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and optimize for performance, security, and reliability in production environments
• Investigate and resolve issues in backup/storage workflows, leveraging Python for data analysis, Scripting, and prototyping enhancements
• Mentor junior engineers on Python best practices, ML model deployment, and agile development in a global team setting

What You Bring

• Proven expertise in Python programming, including building scalable REST API Servers, integrating message queues (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery), and developing ML solutions
• Exceptional debugging skills for complex, novel issues, going beyond documentation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in collaborative, global settings

What's Next If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

• Proven expertise in Python programming, including building scalable REST API Servers, integrating message queues (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery), and developing ML solutions
• Exceptional debugging skills for complex, novel issues, going beyond documentation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in collaborative, global settings

Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. Who You Will Work With Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and design strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.