Senior Python Software Engineer - £90k - £100k
Base pay range
Senior Software Engineer (Python / AWS)
Location: London or Manchester
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep experience in Python and AWS to help design, build, and scale distributed, data-driven Ad-Tech systems. You’ll lead the delivery of cross-service features within a modern cloud platform, making pragmatic architectural choices and setting high standards for engineering quality, reliability, and performance.
You’ll play a key role in shaping technical direction, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the systems you build are secure, observable, and resilient.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex delivery: Drive the end-to-end design and implementation of Python-based microservices and cloud-native solutions hosted on AWS.
- Architect and optimise systems: Define service boundaries, data ownership, and failure-recovery patterns for scalable, high-availability systems.
- Raise engineering quality: Champion best practices for testing, observability, and security. Review critical PRs and guide technical decisions across the team.
- Operate and improve production systems: Monitor performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Lead incident response and drive continuous improvement.
- Mentor and grow others: Support engineers through pairing, feedback, and documentation to strengthen technical capability across the team.
- Contribute to technical roadmap: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data teams to align on priorities and ensure value is delivered incrementally.
Core Tech Stack
- Languages: Python (FastAPI, Flask, or Django)
- Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka or SQS
- CI/CD & Infrastructure: Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, CloudFormation
- Testing: Pytest, integration and load testing frameworks
Key Skills & Expertise
- Proven experience designing and delivering production systems using Python on AWS.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, API design, and event-driven architectures.
- Deep knowledge of system observability, logging, and performance optimisation.
- Familiarity with modern security and data-privacy best practices.
- Excellent communicator who can document and articulate technical trade-offs clearly.
- Ownership: Takes full responsibility for systems from design to operation.
- Pragmatism: Balances long-term architecture with delivery velocity.
- Influence: Raises standards and mentors others across engineering disciplines.
- Growth Mindset: Continuously improves processes, tools, and team capability.
Success Indicators
- Reliable delivery of complex Python/AWS initiatives.
- Reduction in latency, error rates, and infrastructure spend.
- Strong incident management and operational excellence.
- Documented technical decisions and clear architectural rationale.
- Evident impact through mentoring and team enablement.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
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