Overview

Backend Engineer (Python/Django) | Hybrid 1 | Full-time

We're looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing tech team. You'll design, build, and maintain scalable Backend services and APIs, contributing to high-performing, secure, and user-friendly applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features
• Design, build and maintain scalable Backend services and APIs
• Using Git for version control and tracking code changes
• Write secure, maintainable and well documented code
• Diagnosing and resolving system issues across the platform
• Debugging and maintaining applications while ensuring code efficiency and performance
• Attend review meetings and make meaningful contributions to maintain code quality and optimise performance
• Contribute to Backend infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and monitoring/logging

One day per week in the office in London or South Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• What you’ll bring:
• 3+ years Back End development in production
• Strong Python & Django (4+ years)
• SQL database expertise & optimisation skills
• REST API design experience
• CI/CD, Git, and testing familiarity
• Strong collaboration and time management skills

Nice to have

• Fintech, payments, E-commerce, or AI coding assistant experience.

Benefits

The company is a very successful payment platform that is recruiting because of growth. In addition to the base salary there is on offer a good Bonus, Private Health care, Pension plan and 26 days holidays excluding Bank Holidays.