SQCE - Senior Software Engineer; Python

SQCE - Senior Software Engineer (Python) About Us

Clear Route is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We help enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer, working with technology leaders facing complex business challenges.

We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We’re not just making better software. We’re making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for Clear Route, our customers and most importantly our team.

This is an opportunity for you to build the organisation from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains.

At Clear Route we work in a hybrid setting, with two days per week working from our office in London (Farringdon).

Design and build the scalable service and API layer that powers an automated code modernisation and migration platform, enabling large-scale analysis, transformation, and orchestration of legacy systems.

• Build and maintain scalable Python microservices and APIs that support and wrap agentic workflows
• Build and interact with MCP services and tools
• Ensure backend services are robust, well-tested, and production-ready
• Contribute to agentic architecture discussions

• Strong Python engineering — clean, testable, production-grade code
• Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs
• Good understanding of software design principles and systems thinking
• A genuine interest in GenAI and agentic systems

• Hands-on exposure to LLMs, agentic frameworks, or prompt engineering
• Familiarity with MCP or agent tool-serving patterns
• Git workflow automation or experience with Git Hub/Git Lab APIs
• Understanding of how agents consume and interact with external tools and services
• Some exposure to frontend development or UI frameworks (React, Vue or similar)
• Comfortable working in a container-native environment (Kubernetes, Docker)

At Clear Route, we believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes, and inclusion creates the conditions for everyone to thrive. We are proud to have built a family friendly working environment and have many employees who have caring responsibilities alongside work. We welcome applications from people who require flexibility and will be happy to discuss needs on an individual basis.

We are committed to fostering a culture where all team members feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We celebrate individuality and our differences and understand that some differences may mean that you require changes made to the interview process. We are happy to cater to your needs to make the interview accessible, if this is something you require please let us know by emailing us at join.