Senior Python Software Architect
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1752838748
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
Summary: The Senior Python Software Architect will join a global business to develop an innovative internal platform focused on software engineering rather than AI development. This role emphasizes building an Agentic Framework to assist internal teams in managing agent-based systems. The position requires extensive expertise in Python and modern backend architectures, with a significant impact on enterprise-wide framework adoption. The role is hybrid, based in either London or Liverpool.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement an Agentic Framework for internal teams.
- Drive best practices in system architecture and microservices design.
- Design and scale backend systems to support agentic and event-driven frameworks.
- Containerize APIs and deploy on orchestration platforms.
- Integrate authentication and apply API security best practices.
- Lead architectural discussions and decisions within the team.
Key Skills:
- Extensive Python expertise (10-15 years).
- Strong experience with Python meta-programming.
- Deep understanding of common design patterns.
- In-depth knowledge of FASTAPI internals.
- Proven experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of agent-based frameworks and telemetry.
- Proficiency with async/await and concurrency models.
- Familiarity with additional Agentic Frameworks and data engineering principles.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Liverpool
Country: England
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Senior Python Software Architect
Location: London or Liverpool (Hybrid)
We are supporting a global business in their search for a Senior Python Software Architect to join a growing team working on an innovative internal platform. While this initiative is connected to the GenAI space, the focus is purely software engineering, not AI development. The objective is to build an Agentic Framework designed to help internal teams develop, deploy, govern, and monitor agent-based systems efficiently and securely.
This role requires a deep technical understanding of Python and modern backend architectures, with the opportunity to play a key part in shaping frameworks that will be adopted enterprise-wide.
Key Requirements:
Extensive Python Expertise (10-15 years):
Location: London or Liverpool (Hybrid)
We are supporting a global business in their search for a Senior Python Software Architect to join a growing team working on an innovative internal platform. While this initiative is connected to the GenAI space, the focus is purely software engineering, not AI development. The objective is to build an Agentic Framework designed to help internal teams develop, deploy, govern, and monitor agent-based systems efficiently and securely.
This role requires a deep technical understanding of Python and modern backend architectures, with the opportunity to play a key part in shaping frameworks that will be adopted enterprise-wide.
Key Requirements:
Extensive Python Expertise (10-15 years):
- Strong experience with Python meta-programming (functions, classes, inheritance, decorators, context variables)
- Deep understanding of common design patterns (abstraction, factory, adapter, façade, iterator, etc.)
- In-depth knowledge of FASTAPI internals; ability to extend and customize
- Experience integrating authentication (Azure AD, OAuth2) and applying API security best practices
- Proven experience containerizing APIs (Docker) and deploying on orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
- Understanding of agent-based frameworks, callbacks, telemetry (e.g., OpenTelemetry)
- Track record of driving best practices in system architecture, microservices design, and reusable infrastructure templates
- Strong experience designing and scaling backend systems to support agentic and event-driven frameworks
- Proficiency with async/await, concurrency models, and event-driven architectures
- Familiarity with additional Agentic Frameworks (OpenAI API, Autogen, Google ADK, etc.)
- Experience building MCP servers
- Knowledge of data engineering principles related to telemetry, distributed tracing, and log analytics