Senior Python Developer Hybrid Job Central London area,City Of London England UK,Software Development

Position: Senior Python Developer - up to £90,000 + Bonus - Hybrid
Location: City Of London

Senior Python Developer
Salary: Up to £90,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Location: Central London
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Job Type: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Python Developer to join a large scale technology environment, developing automation solutions, backend services and tooling supporting complex telecoms and network operations.

This Senior Python Developer is a hands on engineering position with a strong focus on Python, REST APIs, automation and backend development. You will work across applications supporting testing, monitoring and operational efficiency within 5G and enterprise platforms, with exposure to Linux, Docker, CI/CD, databases and network technologies.

The role would suit a strong Python Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems and wants to work across both software engineering and network automation.

Responsibilities for the Senior Python Developer:

Design, develop and maintain Python based automation frameworks and scripts supporting network testing, data processing and operational workflows
Build RESTful APIs using Flask and FastAPI for internal services and cross team integrations
Develop lightweight web based dashboards and interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Jinja2
Work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis for application, configuration and testing data
Build and maintain Docker and Docker Compose environments for application deployment and testing
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git Lab
Develop Linux automation using Bash, shell scripting and cron jobs
Integrate Python applications with telecom network systems and APIs
Build automated validation, health checking and service monitoring capabilities
Implement effective logging, monitoring and error handling across automation services
Work closely with QA, Network Engineering and Dev Ops teams to identify and deliver automation opportunities
Support the development of scalable, reliable and maintainable engineering solutions

Essential Skills & Experience for the Senior Python Developer:

Strong commercial Python development experience.
Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs using Flask and/or FastAPI
Experience with API authentication, error handling and documentation
Experience with HTML, CSS and Jinja2 for lightweight web interfaces
Strong database experience across SQL and No

SQL technologies
Experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL
Experience with MongoDB and/or Redis
Strong experience working within Linux environments, including Bash and shell scripting
Experience building and deploying applications using Docker and Docker Compose
Experience with CI/CD, ideally Jenkins and/or Git Lab CI/CD
Strong Git/version control experience
Experience with Python automation libraries such as Requests, Paramiko, Subprocess, Schedule and Pandas
Good understanding of networking fundamentals including HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS and SSH

Desirable Skills for the Senior Python Developer:

Telecoms or network automation experience
Knowledge of 4G Core, 5G or Service Based Architecture (SBA)
Experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka and event driven architectures
Open Stack experience
Infrastructure as Code knowledge
Test automation experience using Pytest, Selenium or Playwright
Monitoring experience using Grafana, ELK Stack or Prometheus
Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments

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