Senior Python Engineer Greenfield AWS/Kafka Platform Remote

Pontoon; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to join a major, multi-year technology programme. The role is home-based with occasional travel to Bristol.

You will design and build production-grade Python services, influence architecture, and collaborate with product owners in an Agile environment.

The position offers hands-on coding while guiding teams, with AWS, Kafka, DynamoDB, and NoSQL experience required; rate 700-750 per day via Umbrella.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial Python experience.
• Strong AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway).
• Practical experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with DynamoDB or other NoSQL technologies.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing and maintainability.
• Ability to work across multiple codebases and engineering teams.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building high-quality, production-grade Python services and applications.
• Contributing to the architecture and technical foundations of the new platform.
• Shaping scope, backlogs and technical roadmaps with Product Owners.
• Supporting discovery, technical design and delivery planning.
• Working across multiple codebases and development teams.
• Sharing engineering best practice and helping establish consistent standards.
• Mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews and raising engineering capability.
• Building scalable, resilient and maintainable services.
• Working with event-driven architecture and Kafka.
• Developing cloud-native solutions using AWS, including Lambda and API Gateway.
• Working with DynamoDB / NoSQL, with SQL and relational database experience desirable.
• Contributing to Agile planning, refinement and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

AWS (Lambda, API Gateway)

Kafka / Event-driven

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

SQL / Relational DBs

Software engineering fundamentals

Agile / Scrum

Mentoring / leadership

Job description

National Grid is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to join a major, multi-year technology programme. The role is home-based with occasional travel to Bristol.

You will design and build production-grade Python services, influence architecture, and collaborate with product owners in an Agile environment.

The position offers hands-on coding while guiding teams, with AWS, Kafka, DynamoDB, and NoSQL experience required; rate 700-750 per day via Umbrella.