Job Opportunities API

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.  We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.    We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.   Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.    For more information, visit WPP.com.   Why we're hiring: WPP Enterprise Technology delivers IT services across the WPP group — enabling the world's most creative brands to co   We are looking for a seasoned full-stack engineer who enjoys systems design, integration complexity, and intelligent workflow automation. You will join our Global Automation & Business Platforms programme and take ownership of designing, building, and refining production-grade solutions — both as standalone products and as integrations within our core Hero portfolio.   Day-to-day you will architect event-driven pipelines, build Python and React services, wire together enterprise APIs, and make smart engineering decisions on frameworks and data models.      What you'll be doing: Solution Design & Delivery   Design and develop full-stack solutions ( Python back-end,  React  front-end) that integrate with portfolio products or run as standalone platforms.   Architect service-to-service integration patterns: synchronous APIs, event queues, webhook pipelines, and scheduled batch processes.   Build and maintain FastAPI services with clear contracts, versioning, and observability from day one.   Workflow & Automation Engineering   Implement sophisticated multi-step automation workflows that coordinate actions across enterprise systems — document management, CRM, HR, finance, and media platforms.   Build integrations between internal data sources, third-party APIs, and cloud platform services (Azure, GCP).   Quality, Governance & Documentation   Build evaluation and testing frameworks so that every automated workflow is measurable, auditable, and improvable.   Work closely with the Engineering Lead to define governance standards: access control, audit logging, safe defaults, and compliance guardrails.   Maintain thorough technical documentation — architecture diagrams, runbooks, API specs, and decision records.   Collaboration   Operate within an Agile Kanban team, taking stories from backlog refinement through to production deployment.   Act as the technical bridge between business stakeholders and engineering: translating requirements into pragmatic designs and communicating trade-offs clearly. Support other automation delivery teams across WPP with technical guidance and code reviews.     What you'll need: Essential   7–9 years of professional software engineering experience, with Python as the primary back-end language.   Strong React / TypeScript front-end skills — you can build and own the full vertical, not just the API layer.   Solid FastAPI or equivalent Python API framework experience; you know how to structure a production service.   Proven experience designing and operating event-driven or pipeline architectures (queues, schedulers, webhook