Technical Lead (Python) - Contract - Inside IR35

We’re an award-winning consultancy known for delivering exceptional products and services through technology. We work closely with organisations to help them accelerate value delivery and create outstanding customer experiences. Our purpose is simple: to empower organisations to make a real difference for people, society, and the planet through technology that’s efficient, user-friendly, and solves problems fast.

At Burendo, we believe that together, we can achieve incredible things.

We're launching several exciting new projects and are particularly keen to speak with Python Tech Leads who are immediately available or have a 1 - 2 weeks notice period. If you’re passionate about Python and ready to take a hands-on technical lead role guiding engineering decisions whilst staying close to the code, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

Essential Behaviour

• A passion for engineering and a desire to keep learning
• A focus on writing clear, concise code that is easy to maintain
• An ability to be pragmatic when required and avoid unnecessary “gold-plating”
• An understanding that quality is everyone’s responsibility and a strong desire to test your own code
• Comfortable working with others in pairing or mobbing scenarios
• A good communicator who shares our values of openness and respect

Essential Experience

• Experienced in Python, specifically Flask
• Experience Providing technical direction across projects, guiding architectural decisions and ensuring best-practice engineering standards
• Experience Mentoring and supporting engineers of all levels, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture
• Experience working with Postgres
• Experience designing and writing APIs, especially REST APIs
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Experience working with AWS (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with cloud-native patterns across AWS and Azure
• Experience with Docker, scripting, and deployments across Azure and Openshift

Desirable skills
These are the little bit extra, cherry-on-top skills that will help you stand out. Still give us a shout if you haven’t currently got these skills though!

• Experience with broader Python frameworks or API tooling
• Experience working in the public sector
• Experience working in a technology or consulting company

Benefits

• Competitive rate - Contract Inside IR35

• Remote Working
• Supportive consultancy environment

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. You and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation

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