Python Developer

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.