Creative Technical Platform | North Sydney | Immediate Start

Big Wave Digital Recruitment 🌊 is partnering with a cutting-edge tech platform that brings playful digital experiences to millions. They need a seasoned Python guru who can keep high-volume services purring while sprinkling DevOps magic, ready to dive in?

Why you’ll love it 💡

• Serious impact, zero bureaucracy. Ship code that matters, no endless sign-offs.

• North Sydney HQ 🏖️. Easy trains, great coffee, harbour glimpses. Work 3 days a week in the client’s cool offices with epic views, enjoy 2 days from home for deep focus.

• Six-month adventure. Impress the crew, maybe extend or flip to perm (no promises, just possibilities).

• Creative product, tangible users 🎨. This isn’t back-office banking, your code delights real people daily.

Your tool-belt 🛠️

• 4 + yrs of commercial Python & Django wizardry 🐍

• Fluent in async programming (asyncio, Celery, etc.) ⚡

• DevOps chops, build, deploy, monitor large systems with CI/CD

• Solid grasp of core AWS offerings ☁️

• Battle-tested in high-volume or mission-critical environments 🔥

• Hands-on with Redis, CouchDB or similar strongly consistent stores 🗄️

• Comfortable in Linux land (bash, scripting, tuning) 🐧

• Front-end fundamentals: JavaScript, CSS, HTML 🎨

• Agile advocate, stand-ups, retros, story points, the lot 🔄

Day-to-day 📆

• Design and build robust Python services that can take a pounding

• Refactor legacy bits, crank up performance, and add observability 📈

• Automate deployments and keep dashboards green ✅

• Pair with UX and product to ship lovable features 💜

• Spread best practice in testing, security, and code quality

Nice extras ✨

• Containers and orchestration (Docker, ECS/EKS, Kubernetes) 🐳

• Real-time tech: WebSockets, WebRTC, streaming

• Performance profiling obsession 🔍

Must-haves 📌

• Full, unrestricted Australian work rights (no sponsorship)

• Sydney-based, hybrid with 3 office days and 2 remote days each week

• Start well now