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# Senior Python Developer

- **Company:** King
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Franchise
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Application Performance Management, Big Data, Business Software, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Software Debugging, Web Development, Distributed Systems, Django Web Framework, Design of User Interfaces, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft Software, NumPy, Online Transaction Processing, Azure Active Directory, SciPy, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Applications, Google Cloud, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Concurrency, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Fastapi, Pandas, Kubernetes, Sentry, Celery, Asynchronous Programming, Docker
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2854918251-senior-python-developer

## About the Role

* Strong Python development experience in production environments
 * Experience building backend services and APIs
 * Understanding of modern web application development and the ability to contribute across the stack when needed
 * Solid understanding of asynchronous programming, concurrency, and distributed systems
 * Experience designing and optimizing relational databases
 * Experience building data-intensive applications and processing large datasets
 * Experience with background processing, job orchestration, or distributed workloads
 * Experience deploying and operating applications in containerized and cloud-native environments
 * Familiarity with CI/CD practices and automation pipelines
 * Strong testing, debugging, and problem-solving skills
 * Strong communication and collaboration skills
 * Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
 * High sense of code quality and the desire to build and maintain robust, reliable software
 * Curiosity and adaptability when learning new technologies and domains, * Experience building forecasting, optimization, simulation, or analytics platforms
 * Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other major cloud providers
 * Experience integrating with Microsoft technologies and services such as Microsoft
 * Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft Graph, Teams, SharePoint, or related enterprise platforms
 * Experience building internal developer platforms, business applications, or workflow automation solutions
 * Experience working with large-scale data processing systems
 * Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana or Sentry
 * Experience improving application performance and scalability in production environments

## Description

You will enjoy a creative, challenging, and collaborative environment where your ideas will be valued as much as your technical expertise.

 * Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python
 * Build scalable and reliable applications that support forecasting, analytics, and decision-making processes across the business
 * Develop distributed processing pipelines and asynchronous workloads
 * Design and optimize relational OLTP databases, data models, and query performance
 * Build and maintain data processing, analytical, and forecasting workflows
 * Design, develop, and maintain internal web applications when required
 * Build intuitive interfaces and workflows that enable technical and non-technical users to interact with backend systems and business tools
 * Integrate services with the King and Microsoft ecosystems, including identity, collaboration, communication, and productivity platforms
 * Develop and maintain APIs and connectors that enable interoperability between internal and external systems
 * Deploy, monitor, and operate containerized applications in cloud-native environments
 * Contribute to technical designs, architectural discussions, and engineering best practices
 * Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence
 * Deliver high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code
 * Participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing initiatives across teams
 * Support CI/CD pipelines and automation practices throughout the software development lifecycle, * Python
 * FastAPI
 * Django
 * HTMX
 * TypeScript
 * PostgreSQL
 * Pandas
 * NumPy
 * SciPy
 * Celery
 * Docker
 * Kubernetes
 * Drone CI


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