SENIOR PYTHON ENGINEER

Our client, a leading technology-driven e-commerce organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Python Engineer to design, develop and maintain scalable backend applications, APIs and microservices supporting high-volume digital platforms.

The successful candidate will work within a collaborative engineering environment, delivering robust cloud-native solutions across customer experience, payments, order management, inventory and logistics platforms.

• Design and develop scalable backend applications using Python.

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.

• Develop high-performance, distributed and event-driven systems.

• Integrate internal and external platforms through APIs.

• Optimise database performance, application latency and scalability.

• Develop and support cloud-native applications.

• Implement containerisation and CI/CD processes.

• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions.

• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability.

Minimum Technical Requirements

• 5–8 years' commercial Python development experience.

• Strong experience with FastAPI, Flask and/or Django.

• Solid knowledge of REST APIs and microservices architecture.

• PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis.

• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.

• Docker and Kubernetes.

• Terraform and Linux.

• Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.

• Monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Essential Experience

• Enterprise-scale backend application development.

• Distributed systems and high-volume transaction processing.

• Cloud infrastructure and production environments.

• API integrations and performance optimisation.

• Agile software development methodologies.

Advantageous Experience

• E-commerce and online retail platforms.

• Fintech, payments or transaction processing.

• Logistics, supply chain or warehouse management systems.

• Elasticsearch and AI/ML-powered platforms.

• Relevant AWS, Azure or Kubernetes certifications.