Python Developer - SC Cleared

Senior Python Developer | SC Cleared | Inside IR35

Location: Bristol - 1 day per week onsite, 4 days remote

Rate: £75-£80 per hour (Inside IR35) Contract: 12 months Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

We're looking for an experienced Senior Python Developer to join a major project on a 12-month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Python specialist with a strong background in performance optimisation, near real-time systems and Kubernetes.

Essential Skills & Experience:

10+ years of professional Python development experience

Strong expertise in performance tuning, profiling and optimisation

Experience developing low-latency, high-throughput systems

Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills

Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets)

API development using FastAPI, Flask or Django

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker

Strong understanding of concurrency, asyncio, multiprocessing and threading

Solid software architecture and design skills

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and Agile environments

Desirable Skills:

AWS, Azure or GCP

Managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)

Performance optimisation using Cython, Rust or C extensions