Senior Python Engineer - Remote | FastAPI & AWS

Burns Sheehan; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech scale-up in the UK is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to drive technical direction within a product-led team. The role involves designing and developing scalable backend systems using Python with FastAPI, and AWS, while providing exposure to complex, high-volume applications. This position offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities for growth in cloud-native architecture within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

90-day work-from-anywhere perk

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and frameworks like FastAPI and gRPC.
• Experience with AWS services including EKS.
• Able to design and develop scalable backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Owning the design and development of scalable backend systems.
• Working across rotating product squads with full domain exposure.
• Deploying and owning your code in production (AWS EKS).
• Collaborating with other product and engineering leads to solve complex problems.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

gRPC

AWS

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

CI / CD pipelines

Job description

A leading InsurTech scale-up in the UK is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to drive technical direction within a product-led team. The role involves designing and developing scalable backend systems using Python with FastAPI, and AWS, while providing exposure to complex, high-volume applications. This position offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities for growth in cloud-native architecture within a collaborative environment.