Job Description
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
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