Senior Python Engineer — AI SaaS, Remote/Hybrid

Wave Talent; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health/dental/vision

Remote or hybrid working

25 days leave

Regular hackathons

Invests in your growth

Job summary

Wave Talent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python-first) to own backend features across the stack. You’ll design, build, and deploy end-to-end, with a focus on long-term maintainability and meaningful impact.

Ideal candidates have strong Python experience in startups or scale-ups and can collaborate across product, QA, and engineering. Exposure to LLMs or AWS is a bonus. role offers remote or hybrid work within the UK and growth-focused team culture.

Qualifications

• Solid Python backend experience in a startup or scale-up.
• Care about code quality and long-term maintainability, not just shipping.
• Ability to work across product, QA, and engineering without hand-holding.
• Exposure to LLMs, AWS, or third-party API integrations is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Build features end-to-end with ownership from design through deployment.
• Think about why a feature is built, not just how it’s built.
• Collaborate across product, QA, and engineering to deliver quality software.
• Stay adaptable with potential exposure to LLMs and external APIs.

Skills

Python

Backend development

Code quality

Tools

AWS

Job description

Wave Talent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python-first) to own backend features across the stack. You’ll design, build, and deploy end-to-end, with a focus on long-term maintainability and meaningful impact.

Ideal candidates have strong Python experience in startups or scale-ups and can collaborate across product, QA, and engineering. Exposure to LLMs or AWS is a bonus. role offers remote or hybrid work within the UK and growth-focused team culture.