Backend Engineer, Contractor | Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, AWS | High-Throughput Data & API Platform, Scale-up | £575-725/day Outside IR35 | 6 Months+ | Hybrid, London or UK Remote
bradford, yorkshire and the humber, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hybrid / WFH Options
Owen Thomas | Pending B Corp™
Backend Engineer, Contractor | Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, AWS | High-Throughput Data & API Platform, Scale-up | £575-725/day Outside IR35 | 6 Months+ | Hybrid, London or UK Remote Opportunity: We’re partnering with a rapidly scaling AI infrastructure company, building the backend systems that power complex data pipelines and real-time APIs for global clients. You’ll work on the … platform - engineering high-performance Python services with FastAPI, integrating deeply with Kubernetes-native infrastructure, and deploying at scale in AWS. This is a backend-first role where you’ll design robust APIs, optimise cloud workloads, and ensure the platform runs reliably under heavy load. What You’ll Be Doing for this Backend Engineer, Contractor | Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, AWS | High … Throughput Data & API Platform, Scale-up | £575-725/day Outside IR35 | 6 Months+ | Hybrid, London or UK Remote Designing and building internal & public APIs in Python (FastAPI) for high-throughput environments Architecting services with reliability and scalability as core principles Deploying containerised workloads in AWS via Kubernetes and Terraform Collaborating closely with DevOps, ML, and product teams to More ❯
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