Job Description
Python DeveloperLocation:BristolContract: 12 months Paying:Up to 84p/h Inside IR35Please note that due to the nature of the work, you will need a high level of UK security clearance (SC). Responsibilities:Design, build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput Python services and APIsProfile and tune application performance to meet near real-time requirementsDiagnose and resolve complex issues across services, containers and Kubernetes workloadsContribute to architecture and design decisions, balancing performance, scalability and maintainabilityContainerise applications and manage deployments, configuration and resource tuning on KubernetesWrite unit and integration tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines Essential Skills and ExperienceConsiderable experience in professional Python developmentStrong understanding of concurrency, memory management and the GIL?s implications for performanceHands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerisation (Docker), including deploying, scaling and debugging services in clustersFamiliarity with CI/CD tooling and Git-based workflowsProven performance tuning expertise: profiling CPU, memory and I/O, optimising latency and throughput, and tuning concurrency (asyncio, multiprocessing, threading)Experience building near real-time systems, such as event-driven or streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets) Desired SkillsCloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP), including managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)Performance optimisation ..... full job details .....