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# Backend Developer (Python)

- **Company:** Arm Limited
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £81,196.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Database Development, DevOps, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Prometheus, Standard Sql, Sql Optimization, Grafana, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, TIBCO (Software), Microservices
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5896695280

## About the Role

* Strong banking experience
 * Strong Python backend development
 * Advanced SQL / database development
 * Microservices and event-driven architecture experience
 * Experience with Kafka and/or Tibco
 * TDD and automated testing experience
 * Experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift
 * Experience with Prometheus, Grafana or similar monitoring tools
 * Production support and troubleshooting experience
 * Agile delivery experience
 * Financial services / capital markets experience desirable
 * CI/CD and DevOps experience desirable
 * Experience with legacy system modernisation desirable
 * Experience supporting critical production platforms desirable

## Description

* Build, modernise, and support highly distributed, business-critical backend systems
 * Work within a high-performing engineering team in a global financial services environment
 * Focus on code quality, testing, and system reliability
 * Use problem-solving skills to support production platforms and troubleshoot issues

Technologies:

 * Backend
 * CI/CD
 * DevOps
 * Grafana
 * Support
 * Kafka
 * Kubernetes
 * OpenShift
 * Prometheus
 * Python
 * SQL
 * TDD
 * TIBCO
 * microservices
 * ARM, We are a tier 1 bank offering a 6-month Backend Developer (Python) contract based in London in a hybrid working arrangement. We operate within a global financial services environment and are looking for a hands-on engineer to join a high-performing engineering team focused on building, modernising, and supporting critical backend systems. This role is inside IR35.


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