Python Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• Building backend applications using Python and Django in a commercial environment.
• Designing and developing APIs, whether RESTful or GraphQL, with a good understanding of how backend services integrate with web and mobile applications.
• Working with AWS and modern cloud infrastructure to build scalable, reliable applications.
• Containerisation and deployment tools such as Docker, with exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform would be a bonus).
• Relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including designing efficient data models and writing performant queries.
• Writing clean, maintainable code, following engineering best practices including testing, code reviews and version control with Git.
• Collaborating within Agile product teams, working closely with engineers, product managers and non-technical stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
• A genuine passion for building robust, scalable software and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture where ideas and continuous improvement are encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using Python and Django.
• Design and build REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and business stakeholders.
• Improve system architecture and performance.
• Build clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Help shape technical decisions and engineering best practice.
• Work with cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps tooling.

Technologies

• AWS
• Backend
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Django
• Docker
• Git
• GraphQL
• Mobile
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• REST
• Terraform
• Web
• Lambda
• Celery
• Redis

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We are supporting the recruitment of a Backend Engineer for a growing product engineering team building a modern SaaS platform used by customers across the world. You will work on the core backend platform powering both web and mobile applications, helping to build new features, improve scalability and shape technical direction alongside experienced engineers. The role is remote or hybrid, with one day a week onsite in our Bristol office, and offers a salary of £50,000 to £60,000. We offer hybrid working, a generous holiday allowance, private healthcare, group life insurance, a wellness allowance, a modern engineering environment, opportunity to influence technical direction, and genuine product ownership within a fast-growing SaaS business.

last updated 28 week of 2026