Python Engineer

Ncounter Technology Recruitment

Surbiton, UK

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Compensation

£90,000.0 - £100,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.adzuna.co.uk

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Continuous Integration Decision Support Systems Information Extraction Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL OAuth OpenID OpenShift

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Redis Prometheus Standard Sql SQL Databases Systems Integration Enterprise Search Retrieval-Augmented Generation Large Language Models Backend Fastapi SC Clearance Pytest Kubernetes Codebase Front End Software Development Restful APIs Terraform Docker

Job description

Engineer Python backend services and APIs using FastAPI and asynchronous development patterns
Design and integrate LLM capabilities using OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or comparable foundation models
Build practical RAG, enterprise search, and document intelligence solutions using embeddings and vector databases
Develop prompt strategies and manage production considerations, including latency, cost, retries, and rate limits
Explore agentic workflows and LLM orchestration using LangChain or similar frameworks
Work with consultants and customer stakeholders to translate operational problems into practical AI solutions
Improve security, testing, observability, and reliability across deployed applications
Help organisations explore how AI can improve complex operational processes, information discovery, and decision support
Take ideas from discovery and prototype stages into secure, reliable services, working alongside architects, consultants, and frontend engineers

Technologies:

AI
API
Azure
Backend
CI/CD
Docker
FastAPI
Frontend
Support
Kubernetes
LLM
OAuth
OpenTelemetry
OpenShift
PostgreSQL
Prometheus
Python
RAG
REST
Redis
SQL
Security
Terraform
pytest
Cloud

Requirements

5+ years of commercial Python engineering experience, including production backend systems
Strong FastAPI, REST API, asynchronous Python, PostgreSQL, and SQL experience
Demonstrable experience integrating LLMs into real applications, beyond personal or experimental projects
Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, CI/CD, and pytest
Experience working with large codebases and safely improving existing services
Current or recently held SC clearance
Knowledge of Azure, RAG, pgvector, Chroma, FAISS, Entra ID, OAuth/OIDC, Redis, Terraform, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry would strengthen your application