Senior Python Engineer — Edge & Autonomous Systems (Hybrid)

Future Talent Group; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical cover on completion of

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension (NEST)

Further benefits in development

Job summary

Future Talent Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to own the edge and autonomous systems platform in Aylesbury. The role combines architecture, design, production deployment and ongoing support within a growing, well-funded team.

You’ll work across software, edge infrastructure, networking and system integrations to build a robust, scalable platform, while mentoring peers and shaping engineering practices for reliable, future-ready UAV and sensing systems.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience delivering and operating production systems
• Full-cycle ownership – design, build, test, release and support
• Strong experience with Python, Linux, containers, APIs and distributed/networked systems
• Comfortable working across software and wider technical/system boundaries
• Able to communicate technical decisions effectively with hardware, integration and operational teams
• Experience with edge compute, device/fleet management, autonomous systems, sensing platforms or robotics would be particularly valuable

Responsibilities

• Develop core capability and driving it towards production-grade reliability, scalability and maintainability
• Working across software, edge infrastructure and integrations
• Introducing and strengthening modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, peer review and observability
• Diagnosing complex issues across software, Linux, networking and infrastructure boundaries
• Mentoring other engineers and helping shape technical direction as the team grows

Skills

Python

Linux

APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Edge compute

Tools

Containers (Docker)

Networking

Kubernetes

Job description

Future Talent Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to own the edge and autonomous systems platform in Aylesbury. The role combines architecture, design, production deployment and ongoing support within a growing, well-funded team.

You’ll work across software, edge infrastructure, networking and system integrations to build a robust, scalable platform, while mentoring peers and shaping engineering practices for reliable, future-ready UAV and sensing systems.