Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Python Developer (AWS, API)
Python Developer (AWS, API) at Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited, based in London, South East England. This is a contract role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Contract · On site
- Location
- London, South East England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Software Developer
Reference 57503947
About the role
Our key Technology client is looking for a Python Developer to join on a contract basis to work within the Data Services & Analytics teams.
Essential skills
* Strong Python development experience, including use of boto3 and AWS SDKs to build and maintain production services.
* Practical experience with AWS services including Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, DynamoDB and CloudWatch.
* Experience developing and supporting event-driven and serverless architectures.
* Ability to investigate and resolve production issues spanning multiple services, integrations and workflow stages.
* Experience with AWS Batch and API Gateway to deliver secure, scalable data sharing capabilities
* Experience analysing existing code and delivering maintainable, low-risk changes.
* Experience creating and maintaining automated tests using pytest, moto or related tooling.
* Ability to produce clear technical documentation and operational support procedures.
Desirable criteria
* Experience with large scale ETL pipeline platforms, including its infrastructure, integrations, data flows and operational processes.
* Familiarity with the application, infrastructure and operational aspects of a live service.
* Experience contributing to technical design and agreeing pragmatic implementation approaches.
* Experience improving platform performance, maintainability and operational stability.
* Experience with Github CoPilot and agentic workflows
Key responsibilities
* Deliver new CICO features and enhancements from analysis through implementation and support.
* Investigate, diagnose and resolve production issues across the platform and its integrations.
* Analyse existing code and implement maintainable, proportionate and low-risk changes.
* Contribute to technical designs and implementation approaches that align with platform needs.
* Expand and maintain automated test coverage using appropriate testing and mocking tools.
* Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and support guidance.
* Support platform maintenance, performance improvement and operational stability.
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Reference: 57503947 · Posted 2 hours ago · Closes 5 Nov 2026 · Listed via Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
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