Senior Backend Python Engineer

Levy Global • United Kingdom
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AI Summary

Design, build, and scale cloud-native backend services in a modern microservices architecture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions and drive engineering excellence. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical best practices.

Key Highlights
Designing, building, and scaling cloud-native backend services
Collaborating with cross-functional teams
Mentoring junior engineers
Key Responsibilities
Designing, building, and scaling cloud-native backend services
Collaborating with Product Managers and stakeholders
Mentoring engineers and supporting team growth
Technical Skills Required
Python AWS Django FastAPI Flask REST API development PostgreSQL BigQuery Terraform Sentry
Benefits & Perks
Fully remote work
Outside IR35
Nice to Have
Event-driven architecture and microservices experience
Message queues and asynchronous systems
Salesforce integration experience

Job Description


Senior Python Engineer | FinTech | UK Based- Fully remote | Outside IR35



We're partnering with an innovative and rapidly growing fintech organisation that is transforming the way small businesses manage their finances

.As a Senior Python Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and scaling backend services within a modern microservices architecture. You'll collaborate with product, data, web, and mobile teams to deliver robust solutions while mentoring fellow engineers and driving engineering excellence


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What You'll Be Doing

  • Designing, building, owning and scaling cloud-native backend services
  • Working across the full software development lifecycle in an agile environment
  • Collaborating with Product Managers and stakeholders to shape technical solutions
  • Building and integrating RESTful APIs
  • Contributing to architecture decisions and technical best practices
  • Mentoring engineers and supporting team growth
  • Ensuring systems are reliable, scalable, secure, and maintainable



What We're Looking for:

  • Strong commercial experience with Python as your primary language
  • Solid understanding of software engineering principles (SOLID, testing, clean code)
  • Experience with AWS cloud services
  • Hands-on experience with Django, FastAPI and/or Flask
  • Strong REST API development and integration experience
  • Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills


Nice to Have

  • Event-driven architecture and microservices experience
  • Message queues and asynchronous systems
  • Salesforce integration experience


Technology Stack

Python | AWS (Lambda, Fargate, EKS, SQS, SNS, SES, S3) | PostgreSQL | BigQuery | Terraform | Sentry


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