Python Engineer

Python Engineer – Job Overview

Full‑time, permanent position at hedgehog lab, open to candidates in the UK or Bulgaria with flexible home, office or hybrid working. Office locations include Newcastle, Sofia and UK hubs such as Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and London.

• Design, develop and maintain high‑performance, scalable Python solutions using modern frameworks and cloud‑native practices.
• Build RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework and implement real‑time and async processing using Celery, Redis, and Server‑Sent Events.
• Manage AWS or Azure infrastructure, including containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Ensure scalability, reliability and clean architecture across all projects.

• Proven experience building production Python backends and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of Django REST Framework, Postgre
  
  SQL, Celery and Redis.
• Cloud experience (AWS or Azure), containers, CI/CD, and testing (Pytest).
• Ability to own technical decisions and deliver high‑quality, maintainable code.
• Nice to have:
  Stripe API integrations, serverless or event‑driven architecture, authentication via AWS Cognito.

• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays.
• 5 Impact Days per year for L&D, volunteering or innovation.
• Flexible working environment.
• Enhanced parental policy and financial well‑being services.
• Annual wellbeing budget plus two days of wellbeing.
• Mental health support.
• Company‑supplied Apple Mac.

Ready to apply? Submit your application below. Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.