Python Developer - SC Cleared

Project overview

Senior Python Developer | SC Cleared | Inside IR35

Project details

Bristol - 1 day per week onsite, 4 days remote

£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:

Desirable Skills:

• 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
• AWS, Azure or GCP
• Managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
• Performance optimisation using Cython, Rust or C extensions
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Bristol, UK, GB
• Rate: 75-80 EUR/h
• Languages: English