Backend Python Developer Job London England UK,Software Development

We've partnered with a well known name in the insure tech space - one of the UK's most exciting scale-ups over the past few years. .

Following a successful profitability push, they're now entering a growth phase and expanding their product offerings. There's also ongoing work rewriting their Django monolith into modern microservices/FAST APi based architecture.

You'll be joining a collaborative, product-led squad environment, rotating across business domains. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to cloud-native architecture, contribute to new platform initiatives, and accelerate your path to seniority.

With a new VP of Engineering in place and strong engineering leadership, they offer the right mix of scale-up pace, engineering maturity, and long-term growth potential.

They're looking for a number of bright, engaging software engineers familiar with or interested in working with their tech stack.

Tech stack:

Python (FastAPI, Starlette)
gRPC
GraphQL
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
AWS
EKS
CI/CD pipelines

What you'll be doing:

Contributing to the design and development of scalable backend systems
Working across rotating product squads with full domain exposure
Deploying and owning your code in production (AWS EKS)
Collaborating with product and engineering leads to solve complex problems

Ideal Requirements:

2-5 years' backend engineering experience (ideally Python, but open to other languages)
Experience in microservices or modern service architecture
Excellent communication skills and willingness to take initiative

Nice to have:

FastAPI, GraphQL, gRPC
Experience with AWS and CI/CD tooling

This is a great opportunity to join a profitable, product-focused company with ambitions to scale in 2025. You'll be surrounded by experienced engineers and given the tools to take ownership and grow your career.

Software Engineer (multiple vacancies) - Python | FastAPI | AWS | Microservices

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.