Python Backend Engineer

Senior Python Backend Engineer - Real Time Distributed Systems£550/day Outside IR35Watford/Hybrid (hybrid for 2 weeks, then mainly remote)4-month contractIf you''re the type of engineer who enjoys solving complex Back End problems rather than building CRUD applications, this is the sort of contract you''ll want to look at. We''re working with a highly engineering-led technology company building a large-scale, Real Time platform that processes millions of events across distributed Azure infrastructure. This isn''t a consultancy project or a Legacy migration. You''ll be joining an experienced engineering team responsible for designing, building and improving production-grade Python services that power critical, Real Time systems used every day. What you''ll be working on You''ll build highly scalable Back End services that:Process high volumes of Real Time eventsPower distributed microservice architecturesHandle asynchronous workloads at scaleImprove platform resilience and fault toleranceOptimise low-latency data ingestion pipelinesBuild systems that continue performing under heavy production loadThis is genuinely hands-on engineering. You''ll spend your time writing code, solving difficult technical problems and improving production systems, not producing documentation or sitting in architecture meetings all day. The technology You''ll be working with a modern cloud-native stack including:PythonFastAPIAzure FunctionsAzure Service Bus/Event HubKubernetes (AKS)DockerCosmos ..... full job details .....