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Bright Purple · Bath, United Kingdom · £? - ? per year
Salary: £? - ? per year Requirements: Commercial experience building and supporting backend services in production Strong Python skills and production Django experience, including the ORM, migrations, configuration and testing Experience designing maintainable REST APIs, with solid data modelling and relational database practice Good knowledge of authentication, authorisation, single sign-on patterns and secure API design A testing mindset and experience working with CI/CD Confidence diagnosing application, database and performance issues in live environments Understanding of cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure as code, ideally in AWS Clear communication skills and ability to explain technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical colleagues Nice to have: experience with FastAPI or another modern Python API framework Nice to have: experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, Docker, Celery, Redis and Sentry Nice to have: experience with asynchronous or event-driven processing Nice to have: experience with AWS CDK, Terraform or similar Nice to have: experience in agile, product-led or data-rich B2B environments Responsibilities: Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and Django Own work end to end, from technical refinement through to deployment and monitoring Work with product, programme management, QA, platform engineering and other developers to shape practical solutions Make sound trade-offs across security, performance, maintainability, cost and delivery Break complex work into clear increments and raise dependencies and risks early Write clean, well-tested and well-documented code with good observability built in Take part in code reviews and help improve test automation, CI/CD and production reliability Technologies: AI API AWS Backend CI/CD Cloud Celery Django Docker FastAPI MySQL PostgreSQL Python REST Redis Security Sentry Terraform More: We are partnering with a well-established B2B software business to recruit four contract Backend Software Engineers for a client portal redesign. This hands-on role is suited to experienced mid-level or senior Python engineers who will build APIs and backend workflows for new portal features and contribute to technical decisions within a collaborative product team that values good engineering and effective AI-assisted development. The contract offers £450–£475 per day, Outside IR35, and is based in Bath with hybrid or remote working options. last updated 41 week of 2026