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Senior Python Developer (FastAPI / Azure)
  • Anglia
Senior Python Developer (FastAPI / Azure)
Anglia, Remote, Wales
SKM Group
8. 3. 2026
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Salary: £45,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:
  • 3–5+ years of backend development experience
  • 2–3+ years of production experience with Python and FastAPI
  • Strong experience with async programming in Python
  • Proven experience with PostgreSQL at scale
  • Azure cloud services experience (required) including:
  • - Blob Storage
  • - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • - AI Search
  • Experience with Docker and microservices architecture
  • Fluency with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar)
  • Expert-level knowledge of async/await patterns and non-blocking I/O in Python
  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL optimization including complex queries, indexing strategies, and connection pooling with asyncpg
  • Experience designing RESTful APIs with JWT authentication and CORS configuration
  • Database schema design and management at scale (50+ tables with complex relationships)
  • Performance-focused development including P95 latency optimization
  • Strong understanding of asyncio vs multiprocessing trade-offs
Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop high-performance, low-latency APIs using Python and FastAPI
  • Build and maintain async Python services using modern concurrency patterns
  • Optimize and scale PostgreSQL databases, including query performance and indexing strategies
  • Develop containerized microservices and deploy them using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Work closely with Data Science teams to integrate AI/ML capabilities into backend services
  • Collaborate with Frontend teams to ensure efficient API design and performance
  • Deploy and manage services in Azure cloud environments
  • Contribute to architecture decisions and performance optimization strategies
  • Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development workflows
Technologies:
  • AI
  • API
  • asyncio
  • Azure
  • Backend
  • Cloud
  • Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Docker
  • FastAPI
  • Frontend
  • GitHub
  • JWT
  • Kubernetes
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • microservices
  • Cosmos DB
  • Helm
  • Redis
  • pytest

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We are a software house with 18 years of experience and a global portfolio of projects. We help businesses modernize, scale, and innovate through custom software solutions. Our team embraces unconventional ideas and new technologies, delivering solutions with real impact. We offer an attractive salary, large freedom and real influence, a team approach with no unhealthy competition, a remote-first and flexible working culture, and company apartments in cool cities across Europe for memorable getaways. If you value professionalism, creativity, and a strong engineering culture, youll feel at home here.

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