Job Description:

Senior Python Engineer

📍 Hybrid Working – 1 day onsite / 4 days remote
💰 Up to £75,000 + comprehensive benefits package

The Opportunity

Mploy Group is working with an established and highly innovative software business developing advanced data-driven platforms used within complex, high-impact environments.

This is an opportunity for a Senior Python Engineer to play a key role in the continued growth of a modern engineering platform, contributing across backend development, architecture, scalability and technical improvement initiatives within a collaborative technology team.

The environment is highly engineering-focused, with real emphasis placed on clean design, platform reliability and long-term technical quality.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and developing backend functionality using Python
• Contributing to scalable microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Building and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Driving best practice across testing, CI/CD and code quality
• Collaborating closely with Product, QA and Engineering teams
• Supporting and mentoring other developers where required
• Contributing to technical planning and solution design
• Assisting with automation, deployment and platform scalability

Technology Environment

• Python
• Microservices Architecture
• Cloud-based infrastructure (AWS environment)
• REST APIs
• Git / modern version control tooling
• CI/CD pipelines
• Agile delivery environment

What We’re Looking For

• Strong commercial Python engineering experience
• Experience working within scalable and complex software environments
• Good understanding of microservices and distributed systems
• Experience designing and developing APIs
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS
• Strong understanding of modern engineering tooling and practices
• Previous mentoring or technical leadership exposure would be beneficial

Benefits

• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday + additional day off for your birthday
• Pension scheme
• Share incentive scheme
• Life assurance
• Subsidised gym membership
• Holiday purchase scheme

For further information, please apply with an up-to-date CV.