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Python Software Engineer 6 Month Contract (Remote, UK)

📍 Location
central london
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 06, 2026

About the Role

Fully remote, UK-based £400 – £500 per day (Outside IR35)
3–6 Month Contract
Esenda powers over £1.5bn of inbound and outbound payments annually, in the education space - from tuition and catering fees to supplier payments and payroll. 
We’re a revenue-generating startup with strong product-market fit, and we’re growing fast. 
Design, build, and ship reliable backend services and APIs in Python (Flask) that power core product functionality. 
Own features end-to-end: data modelling (Postgres), API design, testing, production rollout and ongoing improvements.
Help uphold strong engineering standards through thoughtful code reviews, testing discipline, clean architecture, and pragmatic decision-making. 
Improve service reliability and operability: monitoring, alerting, logging, runbooks, and reducing on-call toil over time. 
CI/CD improvements, incremental shipping, and maintaining a high-quality codebase. 
5+ years experience building and operating production...

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