Python Developer in Chester

Python Developer

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ShortList Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for a Python Developer to join a market‑leading tech firm on a remote‑first basis.

An established tech‑led business is expanding its production‑scale AI voice assistant platform and is looking for an experienced Python Developer to help enhance and grow the system. You’ll work across real‑time voice processing, agent logic and integrations that power thousands of interactions daily.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core components of a large‑scale Python‑based AI agent platform
• Work on voice processing, agent orchestration, task scheduling and API integrations
• Improve performance, reliability and scalability across the system
• Follow secure development and data governance best practices

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python, including asyncio and concurrency
• Experience with Docker, containerised applications and MongoDB
• Knowledge of REST API development and integrating external services
• Experience with pytest, Git and modern engineering practices
• Practical experience with LLM prompt design and optimisation
• Strong understanding of security principles and safe data handling
• Experience with telephony or voice/SMS APIs
• Exposure to commercial LLM platforms or inference engines
• Experience with speech‑to‑text / text‑to‑speech SDKs
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with observability tools used in AI/LLM environments
• Experience with task schedulers, cron jobs or webhook‑based workflows
• Optional frontend experience (e.g. Vue, Streamlit)

Salary up to £70,000 plus great benefits.

The Python Developer role is remote‑first, with ad hoc visits to the Chester‑based office.

Apply now.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Staffing and Recruiting