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. 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, and the opportunity to influence technical direction in a fast-growing SaaS business with genuine product ownership.

last updated 27 week of 2026