Senior Python Developer FastAPI Azure

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Pension

Subsidised gym membership

X4 paid volunteering days per year

Season ticket loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Client Server is seeking a Senior Python Developer / Software Engineer to lead backend development in Python, focusing on FastAPI and Azure, on a hybrid London-based team.

You'll mentor small to mid-sized technical teams, drive architectural decisions, and ensure high-quality software with CI/CD and scalable data handling for a complex SaaS platform.

Qualifications

• Back-end focused software engineering with Python
• Experience building FastAPI services
• Strong leadership and mentoring of technical teams
• Fundamentals in CS, data structures and design patterns

Responsibilities

• Remain hands-on while providing technical leadership
• Design and implement complex solutions
• Define technical requirements aligned with business goals
• Lead code reviews and promote quality assurance and CI/CD practices

Skills

Python

Backend engineering

Leadership

Communication

Computer Science fundamentals

Tools

FastAPI

Azure

AWS

Job description

Senior Python Developer / Software Engineer (FastAPI Azure) London / WFH to £110k

Are you a backend focused Software Engineer with strong Python skills combined with technical / team leadership experience?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on role at a fast growing, global Insurance Underwriting technology provider that focusses on developing a complex SaaS calculation platform for rapidly growing Cyber Security insurance markets.

As a Senior Python Developer you'll remain hands-on whilst providing technical leadership, designing and implementing complex solutions and ensuring the team adheres to best practices. You'll define technical requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives, contribute to architectural decisions and technical designs and collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritise tasks and allocate resources.

As a senior team member you'll provide technical leadership and guidance, facilitate communication and ensure coding standards and best practices, including performing code reviews and providing constructive feedback, championing quality focused software development, enforcing quality assurance standards, processes, testing methodologies, and driving initiatives to improve the development team efficiency e.g. CI/CD.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home model with three days a week in the high spec London, City office with rooftop bar.

About you:

• You have strong Python backend software engineering skills


• You have experience of building FastAPIs


• You have a good knowledge of Azure, will also consider AWS experience


• You have experience of working with data at scale


• You have experience of leading and mentoring small to medium sized technical teams


• You have a thorough knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals including Data Structures, Design Patterns, OOP


• You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £110k + bonus


• 25 days holiday


• Private Medical Insurance (including dental and optical cashback)


• Life Insurance, Income Protection


• Pension


• Subsidised gym membership


• X4 paid volunteering days per year


• Season ticket loan


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Impactful role with great career progression