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Senior Python Developer
£43,000 - 83,000
Greenfield I T Recruitment
Tornado Drive, Leeds
£43,000 - 83,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong commercial experience developing backend systems in Python
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
- Proven experience building and deploying applications within AWS (e.g. Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Cognito or similar services)
- Experience working in cloud-native or distributed architectures
- Strong understanding of security, authentication and secure API design
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Familiarity with Git-based version control workflows
- Working knowledge of PHP (legacy context only) - Desirable
- Experience modernising or replacing legacy systems - Desirable
- Event-driven or serverless architecture exposure - Desirable
- Background within financial services or regulated environments - Desirable
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop scalable backend services using Python
- Design and implement secure, well-structured RESTful APIs
- Lead the re-engineering of legacy functionality into modern, cloud-native services
- Contribute to long-term backend architecture decisions
- Design and build solutions within AWS environments
- Apply cloud best practices for scalability, resilience and security
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
- Embed monitoring, logging and observability within cloud-hosted systems
- Support phased migration away from the existing PHP platform
- Provide technical oversight during system replacement and integration
- Reduce technical debt while maintaining service continuity
- Participate in technical reviews and architectural discussions
- Promote coding standards and clean architecture principles
- Mentor junior developers where appropriate
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies and cross-functional collaboration
Description
We are a well-established UK insurance organization undergoing a major backend transformation program, shifting from a legacy PHP platform to a modern, scalable Python-based architecture hosted in AWS. This role offers the opportunity to significantly influence backend architecture and is fully remote for UK-based candidates. We provide a cloud-first engineering environment, promoting continuous technology investment while supporting a greenfield-style rebuild within our organization.
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