Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer - Python | AWS | Flask
Bristol (Hybrid)
Up to £65,000 + 4 Day Working Week
Method Resourcing are currently partnered with an innovative organisation operating within the renewable energy sector, looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer into their growing technology team. This is an opportunity to join a business working on real-world operational systems that support renewable energy assets, helping drive smarter business decisions through scalable data and software solutions.
The role would suit a software engineer with strong Python/backend engineering experience who has worked heavily with data platforms, ETL pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
You’ll join a small, collaborative team where you’ll have broad technical ownership and the opportunity to contribute across architecture, backend development, cloud systems, and large-scale data processing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Python-based applications and APIs using Flask
- Build and optimise ETL pipelines for large-scale operational data processing
- Design scalable backend services and cloud-based systems
- Work across AWS infrastructure including ECS, EC2, RDS, S3 and CloudWatch
- Maintain and optimise PostgreSQL databases using SQLAlchemy
- Improve system reliability through testing, monitoring and code reviews
- Collaborate closely with the wider data and engineering team on system design and architecture
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong commercial Python development experience
- Experience with backend frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI or Django
- Strong API development experience
- Hands-on experience building ETL/data processing pipelines
- Experience working within AWS cloud environments
- Strong PostgreSQL/database knowledge
- Understanding of concurrent or scalable processing systems
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Strong software engineering and problem-solving fundamentals
Please note the employer is unable to offer sponsorship for this position.