Job title: Python Engineer
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: UK or Bulgaria with flexible home, office, or hybrid working
Office locations: Newcastle, Leeds and Sofia
About the role
Join our cross-functional team to design and build high-performance, scalable Python solutions using modern frameworks and cloud-native practices.
What you'll do
* Develop RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework
* Implement real-time and async processing (Celery, Redis, SSE)
* Manage AWS or Azure infrastructure: containers, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation)
* Ensure scalability, reliability and clean architecture across projects
Who are hedgehog lab
We’re an outcome-driven product consultancy where product, design and research sit side by side. You’ll join a team that values curiosity, collaboration and impact, building products that truly matter.
Hedgehog lab benefits
* 28 days holidays + bank holidays
* 5 Impact Days per year to spend on L&D, volunteering or innovation
* Flexible working environment
* Enhanced parental policy
* Financial wellbeing services
* Annual wellbeing budget + two days wellbeing
* Mental health support
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Company-supplied Apple Mac
Required experience
* Proven experience building production Python backends and APIs
* Strong knowledge of Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, Celery and Redis
* Cloud experience (AWS or Azure), containers, CI/CD and testing (Pytest)
* Ability to own technical decisions and deliver high-quality, maintainable code
Nice to have but not essential
* Stripe API integrations
* Serverless or event-driven architecture
* Terraform / CloudFormation experience
* Authentication via AWS Cognito
Ready to apply?
Submit your application below. Please note that we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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