Back-end Engineer (contract)

Back-end Engineer (contract) Opus have partnered with an cutting-edge AI focused HealthTech start-up with a mission-driven culture and ethical AI approach. The successful candidate will be making a real impact to patient care outcomes. Contract Specifics: Rate: £400 per day, Outside IR35 Duration: 3 months Start date: ASAP, Immediate starter Working Patterns: Full-time, 1 day p/w in London-offices. Essential: • Confident working across data infrastructure, distributed systems, APIS and AI-services • Proven experience in building/designing scalable backend services • Strong experience building and maintaining APIs (REST, GraphQL and/or gRPC). • Knowledge of Docker and AWS (ideally in a recent project) • Essential - must have strong coding skills in Python, Typescript, Node and SQL. Nice to have: • Docker, ECS, Kubernetes or similar container platform experience • Familiarity with Django frameworks and IaC (e.g. Terraform) • Experience with the deploying and operating ML or AI systems in production. Please reach out to Adam Akhtar at Opus ASAP for more information.