Contract Software Engineer (Python)

YLD.com; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software consulting firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer skilled in Python to join their innovative teams. The ideal candidate must excel in problem-solving and thrive in fast-paced engineering settings. Responsibilities include building new features, collaborating on projects, and ensuring software delivery meets client needs. Candidates with experience in cloud platforms, API development, and CI/CD practices are encouraged to apply. This position offers flexibility in working arrangements and continuous professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must have experience in Python along with modern frameworks.
• Experience in building data pipelines and working with cloud platforms.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas simply.

Responsibilities

• Build innovative products as a Software Engineer.
• Collaborate regularly with the team to improve engineering practices.
• Ensure operational monitoring of products according to SLAs.

Skills

Python

Problem-solving

Agile methodologies

CI/CD pipelines

API development

Cloud platforms

Tools

FastAPI

Kafka

AWS Lambda

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Location : Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, etc)

Department : Engineering

Employment : B2B Contract

Duration : 3 Months with the possibility to extend

About YLD

Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Our purpose is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our success is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful. Our company is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon and Porto.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We expect you to be curious, passionate, driven and enthusiastic. You’ll be proficient at problem‑solving and crafting scalable, resilient and fault‑tolerant architectures. You’ll be an effective communicator and a team player. Furthermore you and your team will move in a fast‑paced engineering environment achieving outstanding results and delivering exciting projects.

About You

A YLD Software Engineering Consultant is a highly skilled developer who exemplifies the highest standard in software engineering and enjoys sharing their knowledge and experience with others.

You’ll have the opportunity to build and deliver software within some interesting projects both in terms of the product and the methodology. We work in an Agile environment (Scrum) with a test‑first mindset (actually writing code without tests should be unthinkable). We are also big advocates of pair programming and nothing is released until we have a code review.

You have a real passion for problem‑solving and are an active learner who gets excited by working collaboratively with those around you.

If you are a proactive, adaptable and enthusiastic engineer with must‑have experience in Python and a passion for leveraging multiple technologies to build exceptional backend solutions we encourage you to apply. Join our team and contribute to the development of innovative products that make a difference in the industry.

Tasks

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities will look like this:

• Crafting excellent products! As a Software Engineer you will be building new features that meet the needs of our clients and customers.
• Working closely with your team regularly collaborating on engineering initiatives to continually push yourselves to be better.
• Being responsible for the production operation and monitoring of products inline with SLAs.
• Driving good practices within your team, making an impact on the whole department.
• Participating in regular show and tells promoting your work to both your department and the wider company.

Requirements

You’ll have the following skills and experience:

• Experience with modern frameworks across the stack (FastAPI, Gin, Express, etc.)
• Experience building modern data pipelines using dbt, Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, AWS Lambda and Apache Airflow (or similar);
• Experience working with data lakes; experience with Spark or Databricks;
• Comprehensive testing experience (unit, integration, e2e, security) and performance optimization.
• Scalable system design patterns, load balancing and high‑availability architectures.
• Database design and data modelling (both relational and NoSQL).
• Understanding of common data transformation and storage formats e.g. Apache Parquet.
• API development (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and event‑driven architectures.
• Caching strategies and message queue systems (Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Monitoring, observability and performance optimisation tools.
• You can keep a cool head when debugging production issues.

Non‑Technical Competencies

• Problem‑solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and taking care of client expectations effectively.
• Distinct customer focus and quality mindset.
• Experience working closely with engineering leadership and architects to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Experience in maintaining a high degree of ownership and transparency in deliverables.
• An exemplar of YLD’s brand and safeguard of our reputation.
• Exceptional communication skills able to communicate complex ideas in a simple fashion.

Benefits

What you’ll get in return:

• The chance to work with a forward‑thinking ethical and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast‑moving business.

Recruitment Process

• 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30 / 45 mins).
• Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30).
• Meet our Client Partner and Engineering Operations Manager (30 mins).

Our Values

• Growing every day.
• Including everyone.
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics.
• Inspiring solutions.
• Winning together.

We’re an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status or disability. We also offer a remote‑first working environment with flexible working and work‑life balance as standard for all employees.

Key Skills

IVR, SOAP, Avaya, Solaris, Cost Accounting Standards, Database Design, Hibernate, ITIL, Weblogic, Express.js, Contracts, ASP.

Employment Type

Employee

Experience Required

Years

Vacancy

1