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# Senior Python Engineer GCP FastAPI

- **Company:** gb
Client Server
- **Location:** Greater London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Software Construction, Fastapi, Api Design
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-python-developer/client-server-job108296284

## About the Role

Opportunity for a skilled Software Engineer with strong backend Python skills to join a well-funded and profitable FinTech start-up.

As a Senior Python Engineer you'll join a small, talented tech team to deliver new features and enhancements as well as some refactoring work, contributing to the core banking platform which integrates with major players such as HSBC. There's a relatively young codebase and lots of new projects to get stuck into.

You'll be collaboratively problem solving in a hands-on role which could progress to Principal Engineer or Team Lead if desired as the company continues to scale., * You're an experienced Software Engineer with a strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and full SDLC experience

 * You have strong backend Python development skills
 * You have a good knowledge of cloud based services (they use GCP but AWS or Azure experience is fine)
 * You have experience of building APIs, ideally FastAPI experience
 * You have a good knowledge of CI/CD, testing and deployment
 * You have a thorough understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, Data Structures, Design Patterns, Algorithms
 * You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills
 * You're degree educated in a STEM discipline, having achieved a 2.1 or above