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We’re looking for a talented and proactive AWS/Python Software Engineer to join our data engineering team. You will be designing and building data systems, APIs, and event‑driven services that power Citywire’s global products.

• Building and deploying containerized services and APIs on AWS (ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate, etc.).
• Working across an AWS‑centric stack – Kinesis, SQS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, Aurora, and more.
• Designing and building event‑driven, real‑time, and batch data pipelines using Python.
• Developing and integrating RESTful APIs, using frameworks like FastAPI or Django REST.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Docker, and Git workflows.
• Writing clean, testable, modular code with pytest, applying TDD where helpful.
• Using ORMs and validation frameworks (SQLAlchemy, Pydantic) to model and persist data.
• Helping design observability into everything – CloudWatch Logs, metrics, tracing (X‑Ray), structured logging.
• Taking projects from prototype to production, balancing speed and long‑term maintainability.

• Strong Engineering Fundamentals: Solid Python skills with experience designing clean, maintainable and well‑tested code.
• AWS Experience: Hands‑on use of key AWS services in production environments, ideally including Lambda, Kinesis, EventBridge, SQS, DynamoDB and S3.
• API & Backend Experience: Confidence building and integrating RESTful APIs and working with frameworks such as FastAPI, DRF or Flask.
• Cloud‑Native Mindset: Comfortable with Dockerised deployments, Terraform, Git workflows and distributed system concepts.
• Data & Storage Knowledge: Competence in SQL, familiarity with NoSQL, and experience with pipeline or data‑driven architecture.
• Collaborative & Curious: A team player who enjoys learning, problem‑solving and contributing to a supportive engineering culture.
• Nice to Haves: Experience with Spark/EMR/Glue, dbt, OpenSearch, event‑driven patterns, or modern developer tooling.

• Generous holiday entitlement: Start with 25 days per annum, increasing to 28 days after three years’ service, and 30 days after five years’ service, in addition to bank holidays.
• Flexible working options.
• £480 annual allowance for well‑being activities or gym memberships, with assistance available for monthly or annual costs.
• Eye‑test and glasses allowance.
• Critical illness cover and group life assurance from day one of employment.
• Well‑being support: Access to an independent Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7.
• Cycle to work scheme and annual travel card loans.
• Techscheme: Purchase the latest tech through our employer scheme, spreading the cost over 12 months with National Insurance savings.
• After two years of continuous service, access group income protection, private medical, and dental insurance.

Citywire is an equal opportunities employer.