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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd
- **Location:** Bath, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £117,000.0 - £123,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Automation of Tests, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Single Sign-On, AWS Cdk, Backend, Fastapi, Sentry, Celery, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.brightpurple.co.uk/job/software-engineer-backend-6206.aspx

## About the Role

o Good knowledge of authentication, authorisation, single sign-on patterns and secure API design
o A testing mindset and experience working with CI/CD
o Confidence diagnosing application, database and performance issues in live environments
o An understanding of cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure as code, ideally in AWS
o Clear communication and the ability to explain technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical colleagues
Nice to have
o FastAPI or another modern Python API framework
o PostgreSQL or MySQL, Docker, Celery, Redis and Sentry
o Asynchronous or event-driven processing
o AWS CDK, Terraform or similar
o Experience in agile, product-led or data-rich B2B environments

## Description

This is a hands-on role for an experienced mid-level or senior Python engineer. You will design and build the APIs and backend workflows behind new portal features and own your work through to production. You will work in a collaborative product team that values good engineering, uses AI-assisted development well and wants contractors who will add to technical decisions.
What you'll be doing
o Designing, building and maintaining backend services and APIs using Python and Django
o Owning work end to end, from technical refinement through to deployment and monitoring
o Working closely with product, programme management, QA, platform engineering and other developers to shape practical solutions
o Making sound trade-offs across security, performance, maintainability, cost and delivery
o Breaking complex work into clear increments and raising dependencies and risks early
o Writing clean, well-tested, well-documented code with good observability built in
o Taking part in code reviews and helping improve test automation, CI/CD and production reliability
What you'll bring
o Commercial experience building and supporting backend services in production
o Strong Python skills and production Django experience, including the ORM, migrations, configuration and testing
o A track record of designing maintainable REST APIs, with solid data modelling and relational database practice