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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed