Senior Software Engineer Python API AWS

Client Server; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong Python and AWS skills to enhance their large-scale video platform. This role offers remote working options within Scotland and requires expertise in developing distributed systems and web APIs. Join a growing team and innovate in a hands-on engineering position that impacts major multinational customers.

Benefits

Salary up to £120k

Flexible, family-friendly working hours

Remote working options

Qualifications

• Advanced backend Python development experience required.
• Experience with distributed, scalable systems and message queues.
• Familiar with web API architecture, big data analytics, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features and enhancements for the platform.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle.
• Implement robust, scalable, secure systems for new features.

Skills

Python

API Design

AWS

Database Management

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

CloudFormation

Terraform

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Senior Software Engineer Python API AWS, Edinburgh

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Client:

Client Server

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer / Developer (Python API AWS SaaS) Remote Scotland to £120k

Are you a senior technologist with strong Python, API and AWS cloud experience?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful, hands-on engineering position for a successful and growing technology company, helping to build a large-scale video platform on the Amazon Web Services Cloud. The core product allows business users to capture data via integrated mobile services utilising video analytics and speech recognition to analyse and categorise information within the workflows of large field workforces (field engineers, field service, auditing, reporting, health-and-safety, sales, etc.); customers are typically large multinationals: utilities, telecoms, manufacturing and facilities management companies.

As a Senior Software Engineer you'll design and develop new features and enhancements to the core platform and APIs working with Python within an AWS environment. You'll work across the full software development lifecycle, communicating with customers and investors alike to design robust, scalable, performance and secure implementations for new features.

Location / WFH:

You can work from home / remotely anywhere in Scotland (there will be occasional meet-ups with colleagues in the area).

About you:

• You have advanced backend Python development experience
• You have experience of designing and developing distributed, scalable systems with message queues (SQS) and PostgreSQL databases
• You are experienced with web API architecture e.g. REST APIs
• You have experience of working on SaaS products with Amazon Web Services (AWS), CloudFormation, Terraform
• You are familiar with big data and analytics, machine learning, computer vision and AI algorithms
• You're a collaborative problem solver
• You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
• Experience with video and audio processing or video streaming would be great but not essential

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £120k
• Remote working (in Scotland) plus flexible, family friendly working hours