Senior Python Software Engineer

Let's start with the important bits! This is a permanent position paying £55,000-£75,000 , depending on experience, with three days per week onsite (close to Watford). If that works for you, keep reading. If not, I completely understand and wish you all the very best in your job search. Why Consider this role? Well, it's not just about maintaining legacy code and fixing technical debt. You'll be joining a scaling tech business operating in the IoT space, where the tech challenges are complex and rewarding, spanning real-time data processing, scalability, reliability, and cloud-native architectures. The team is currently building a next-generation platform and is looking for an experienced Python engineer to be part of that journey. What You'll Be Doing You'll help build a modern, cloud-native platform based around high-performance microservices and event-driven architectures , including: Designing and developing scalable Python applications and services Building high-performance APIs and microservices Working with event-driven systems and real-time data processing Contributing to architectural decisions and technical direction Mentoring and supporting less experienced developers What You'll Need Strong hands-on Python development experience Proven experience with async Python (asyncio, async/await) Experience building applications using frameworks such as: FastAPI, Django etc Experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL Experience developing cloud-based applications (Azure preferred) Experience building distributed, microservices-based systems A passion for writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code Interview Process Stage 1: Video interview (approx. 30 mins) Stage 2: F2F interview, including a Python-based technical exercise (approx. 1.5 hrs) Other Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you're an experienced Python engineer ready to tackle some interesting technical challenges, then we'd love to hear from you.