Python Developer
Posted Today by Norton Blake
£75 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Python Engineer involves developing and scaling modern APIs and services for a major financial platform within a large finance organization. The position requires expertise in Python frameworks, AWS, and data workflows, with a focus on delivering high-performance applications. The role is hybrid and requires collaboration across engineering teams to ensure application stability and quality. Candidates should have a strong background in Python development and experience with relevant technologies such as PostgreSQL and Terraform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and developing high-performance APIs using FastAPI
- Owning the end-to-end build of application APIs, integrations, and service components
- Building and maintaining lightweight ETL pipelines and data flows
- Working with PostgresSQL for persistence, models, and optimised queries
- Delivering cloud-native applications on AWS with exposure to EKS
- Implementing infrastructure and deployments using Terraform
- Collaborating across engineering squads to deliver stable, high-quality applications
Key Skills:
- 5+ years of hands-on Python application development
- Strong experience building APIs
- Good understanding of PostgresSQL and relational modelling
- Practical AWS experience (EKS is a big plus)
- Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
Salary (Rate): £75.00/hr
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Python Engineer
My client, a large finance organisation, is hiring an experienced Python Engineer to work on building and scaling modern APIs and services that sit at the heart of a major financial platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys clean code, modern Python frameworks, and building reliable data workflows within an AWS environment. This role will be Hybrid London, Inside IR35, Start ASAP, 6+ months,
What you’ll be doing
- Designing and developing high-performance APIs using FastAPI
- Owning the end-to-end build of application APIs, integrations, and service components
- Building and maintaining lightweight ETL pipelines and data flows
- Working with PostgresSQL for persistence, models, and optimised queries
- Delivering cloud-native applications on AWS with exposure to EKS
- Implementing infrastructure and deployments using Terraform
- Collaborating across engineering squads to deliver stable, high-quality applications
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of hands-on Python application development
- Strong experience building APIs
- Good understanding of PostgresSQL and relational modelling
- Practical AWS experience (EKS is a big plus)
- Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
Please apply for more information