Full Stack Software Engineer (AWS, Python, Terraform)

Contract Full Stack Engineer - AWS, Python, Terraform, DevOps
Rate: £500/day
IR35: Inside
Location: Hybrid - 1-2 days/week in Leeds
Duration: 6 months (strong extension potential)

We're working with a high-profile public sector programme undergoing significant digital transformation. They're seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join their cloud and platform delivery team. This role will play a critical part in modernising infrastructure, improving deployment pipelines, and supporting the development of secure, scalable services in a highly regulated environment.

Software Engineer Role Overview:

You'll join a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for building and maintaining cloud-based services. The environment is fast-paced and delivery focused, with strong collaboration across DevOps, software engineering, and architecture. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic engineer with strong cloud and infrastructure experience, capable of delivering well-structured code and infrastructure as code in an agile environment.

Software Engineer Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, manage and maintain infrastructure on AWS using Terraform

• Build, maintain and deploy Python-based backend services

• Implement CI/CD pipelines and improve automation across environments

• Work within a DevOps culture alongside platform, security, and delivery teams

• Contribute to technical design discussions and promote engineering best practice

• Support and troubleshoot live services as part of a wider team

Software Engineer Required Experience:

• Strong AWS experience (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, etc.)

• Proven expertise with Python for backend development or scripting

• Deep knowledge of Terraform for building and managing infrastructure

• Strong understanding of DevOps principles: CI/CD, containerisation, automation