Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Python)

St Albans (2–3 days/week Onsite)

Up to £75,000 + Bonus

Method Resourcing are hiring on behalf of a high-growth, private equity-backed technology company building systems that underpin critical infrastructure across Europe, from security and IoT to real-world, always-on services where reliability genuinely matters. This is a role for an engineer who wants to own systems end-to-end, not just ship code.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing and building scalable, production-grade systems using Python
• Owning services across the full lifecycle: design, build, deploy, operate
• Working on real-time / event-driven architectures in complex environments
• Collaborating with Product, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to shape solutions
• Improving system performance, reliability, and observability in production
• Contributing to engineering standards, best practices, and technical direction

Required Skills/Experience:

This isn’t about ticking every box but you should recognise yourself in most of the below:

• Strong experience building backend systems in Python (production-grade)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems / microservices architectures
• Experience with event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT)
• Comfortable working in cloud environments (ideally Azure)
• A strong advocate of clean code, testing, and engineering best practices
• Someone who takes ownership cares about what happens in production, not just in code review

What Makes This Role Different:

• You’ll be working on systems where downtime isn’t acceptable
• Real ownership - engineers here influence design, not just implementation
• A fast-growing business with multiple acquisitions and strong technical investment
• A culture that values engineering quality over shortcuts

Please note the employer is unable to offer any sponsorship for this position.