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Senior Back End engineer - Hybrid role - API - Python/GCP

Posted 13 hours 58 minutes ago by Tech Talent ID

£80,000 - £90,000 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

Python Back End engineers are required by this leading Product company as they look to bring their development back in-house and build out the functionality on an already-successful platform operating in a niche space with a fantastic client base. You will be spearheading the creation and deployment of ground-breaking software solutions

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of a cross-functional team to help drive the development of new features
  • Lead change, innovation, and drive transformation within our teams: your expertise will identify opportunities for improvement in our Front End applications, tooling, and architecture.
  • Ensure best practices and patterns: you will advocate and enforce best standards, and patterns.
  • Your deep understanding of Front End technologies will help you to guide your peers - ensuring that our code is of high quality.
  • Work on automation and process improvement: you will increase efficiency, reliability, and scalability, by creating automated processes that improve development workflows.
  • Promote engineering ways of working: by taking the lead in establishing the importance of engineering first principles in your team and ensuring they are followed.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge: you will engage with the engineering community, using your expertise to contribute to events and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
  • You will inspire and motivate your peers to learn - improving their capabilities.
  • Participate in hiring new engineers: you will be part of the interview and hiring process, using your experience and insights to identify top talent.
  • You will help build the engineering team.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Significant experience in API and web application development using Python with Flask and/or FastAPI
  • Experience with creating REST APIs
  • Experience with Cloud Functions, ideally in Google Cloud/Terraform
  • Experience with containerisation - Docker/Kubernetes
  • Ability to design architectures to meet scalability, reliability and security targets
  • Good problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development
  • In-depth understanding of best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns in Back End development.
  • Experience in automating builds, code checks, and releases using industry-standard tools.
  • Knowledge and experience of Agile methodologies and practices
  • Experience of B2B2C SaaS products would be an advantage

The role requires 2 days a week in the London office

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