Senior Python Developer | SC Cleared | Inside IR35
Location: Bristol - 1 day per week onsite, 4 days remote
Rate: £75-£80 per hour (Inside IR35)
Contract: 12 months
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required
We're looking for an experienced Senior Python Developer to join a major project on a 12-month contract.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Python specialist with a strong background in performance optimisation, near Real Time systems and Kubernetes.
Essential Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of professional Python development experience
- Strong expertise in performance tuning, profiling and optimisation
- Experience developing low-latency, high-throughput systems
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets)
- API development using FastAPI, Flask or Django
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Strong understanding of concurrency, asyncio, multiprocessing and threading
- Solid software architecture and design skills
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and Agile environments
Desirable Skills
- AWS, Azure or GCP
- Managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
- Performance optimisation using Cython, Rust or C extensions
Rate:
£80/hour
Location:
Bristol
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior