Python Developer

Urgent 6 Month Python Contract £600-800 outside Ir35

Futureheads have partnered with a consumer health company building an app that brings together blood-test results, wearable data and medical history to deliver personalised insights.

You’ll work with an experienced, Python-focused engineering team to ship product features quickly. This is a hands-on, full-stack role: you’ll own substantial pieces of work, turn ambiguous requirements into working features and collaborate across the business. The team works on a weekly delivery cadence and uses AI tools throughout development.

• Work with an experienced, Python-focused engineering team to ship product features quickly.
• Own substantial pieces of work.
• Turn ambiguous requirements into working features.
• Collaborate across the business.
• Work within a weekly delivery cadence.
• Use AI tools throughout development.

• Strong Python and full-stack engineering experience, with a track record of shipping quality product work.
• Confidence working independently, asking the right questions and balancing speed with maintainable code.
• Practical experience using AI coding tools to deliver production software.
• Familiarity with inbound data pipelines and asynchronous processing.
• A product mindset and an understanding of how to work responsibly with sensitive data.

• Consumer product, mobile-app or regulated-industry experience would be helpful, but isn’t essential.

This is a contract role with an ASAP start. The team is based near Old Street, London. Office time is preferred, but three days a week is workable, and exceptional fully remote candidates may be considered. The expected rate is £600-800 per day.

• The process includes a 30–45 minute conversation.
• A short take-home task where AI use is expected.
• A technical discussion about your approach.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview.

We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.