Python Engineer

Python Engineer – 6-Month Contract (Inside IR35) | £500 per day | Fully Remote

Company: Leading Cloud Consultancy

Contract: 6 months

Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)

Location: Fully Remote (UK-based candidates only)

About the Role

We’re working with a specialist Cloud Consultancy who are looking for a talented Python Engineer to join their team on a 6-month contract. You’ll play a key role in developing and maintaining scalable, cloud-native applications and APIs for enterprise clients, using modern tooling and agile practices.

This role would suit someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and has experience working across the full software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python (Flask)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including cloud engineers and frontend developers
• Deploy and maintain applications on AWS or Azure cloud environments
• Implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth delivery and integration
• Support application performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Contribute to code reviews, testing, and documentation

Essential Skills

• Strong commercial experience with Python and Flask
• Proven experience working in cloud environments (AWS or Azure)
• Familiarity with frontend integration , ideally React.js
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Azure DevOps)
• Solid grasp of version control (Git) and modern software delivery practices

Desirable

• Experience in consulting or working with multiple client projects
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Understanding of modern API design and microservice architecture