Senior Python Engineer | Private Cloud Platform | 12m

World Wide Technology; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join a team building configuration management software for a large-scale private cloud platform within a leading financial services organisation. This hands-on development role focuses on re-architecting software to support zoned network models while maintaining performance and reliability as the platform evolves.

Contract role for 12 months in Glasgow with 3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python development experience beyond scripting or tooling.
• Experience troubleshooting software in production.
• Experience with large-scale private cloud or infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with configuration management systems.
• Exposure to bare-metal and VM provisioning at scale.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production-grade Python applications.
• Re-architect software to support evolving network zone models.
• Design scalable software for large, distributed infrastructure.
• Resolve issues and optimise performance in production.
• Integrate systems across the platform.
• Apply strong engineering practices across the development lifecycle.
• Work closely with cross-functional engineering teams.

Skills

Python development

Configuration management

Large-scale private cloud

VM provisioning

Network segmentation / enclaves

Job description

World Wide Technology is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join a team building configuration management software for a large-scale private cloud platform within a leading financial services organisation. This hands-on development role focuses on re-architecting software to support zoned network models while maintaining performance and reliability as the platform evolves.

Contract role for 12 months in Glasgow with 3 days in the office.