Bristol Contract: Python Developer w/ Kubernetes

Matchtech; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 94,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group in Bristol is seeking an Applications Development Engineer with strong Python development expertise to design and deliver high-performance software systems. The contract role involves approximately 20% on-site work in Bristol, with a 12-month duration.

You will design, build and maintain low-latency Python services and APIs, profile performance to meet near real-time requirements, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while working in a Kubernetes and Docker environment.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in Python development with production-grade code.
• Strong profiling of CPU/memory/IO to optimise latency and throughput.
• Experience with near real-time systems and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and Docker; CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput Python services and APIs.
• Profile and tune application performance for near real-time requirements.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across services, containers and Kubernetes workloads.
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions balancing performance and scalability.
• Containerise applications and manage deployments on Kubernetes.
• Write unit and integration tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
• Support root-cause analysis of production incidents across code and infra.

Job description

Matchtech Group in Bristol is seeking an Applications Development Engineer with strong Python development expertise to design and deliver high-performance software systems. The contract role involves approximately 20% on-site work in Bristol, with a 12-month duration.

You will design, build and maintain low-latency Python services and APIs, profile performance to meet near real-time requirements, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while working in a Kubernetes and Docker environment.