Python Developer

Job Title: Python Developer
Location: United Kingdom (Remote)
Day Rate: £200 Per Day (Inside IR35)
Start Date: Immediately

We are seeking an experienced Python Developer with strong, hands‑on expertise in Django, backend API development, and modern web application architecture. This role is ideal for someone who has worked across multiple commercial environments, is highly capable in Python engineering, and can contribute to reliable, scalable systems without necessarily operating at a senior/lead level.

• Develop and maintain backend applications using Python and Django.
• Build and support APIs using Django Rest Framework, with occasional work in Graph
  
  QL.
• Contribute to system architecture, refactoring, and performance improvements.
• Write clean, maintainable code following PEP8 standards and automated formatting tools (black, isort).
• Develop robust unit and integration tests to support CI/CD pipelines.
• Containerise applications using Docker and assist with local development environments.
• Collaborate with frontend developers working with React, Vue, or similar frameworks.
• Work with relational databases (Postgre
  
  SQL/MySQL), including writing complex queries and optimising schemas.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Strong commercial experience with Python and Django, ideally across multiple projects or industries.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with modern front‑end frameworks.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and good SQL skills.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker (Dockerfiles, Compose).
• Comfortable troubleshooting across backend, API, and data layers.
• Strong knowledge of software best practices, testing, and CI/CD workflows.
• Confident working in a Linux environment.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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