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Edgefolio is a B2B FinTech scale-up, building technology that connects the fund management industry. We are a venture-backed team of innovators and technologists, bringing the industry online by creating best-in-class digital solutions to various legacy problems.
About Us
Edgefolio is a B2B FinTech scale-up, building technology that connects the fund management industry. We are a venture-backed team of innovators and technologists, bringing the industry online by creating best-in-class digital solutions to various legacy problems.
Edgefolio is being scaled by people all around the world who share our vision. We are an experienced tight-knit team with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, delivery, and scale.
We believe in empowering our teammates in their work, giving them autonomy and ownership of what they do. We want everyone at Edgefolio to own their story and their successes all our team members are highly valued and important members of our company's journey.
Job brief
We are looking for a Senior Django Developer who is extremely knowledgeable and a driven individual, you will be a Senior Engineer within a team designing and programming Django-based web applications.
You will be a part of a cross-functional product team that is responsible for the full web application development life cycle, producing scalable software solutions from conception to deployment.
As a Python Django Developer you will need to be analytical, and comfortable with a mix of web technologies, development frameworks and third-party libraries. If you have great attention to detail, good organisational skills and you are comfortable working in a team, we would like to meet you. As well as producing code, you will lead the design and implementation of technical solutions working alongside a product manager, and close to the lead engineer, helping the delivery of production-ready projects by helping fellow developers and QA engineers implement the right solutions.
As Edgefolio expands, you will help build modern and elegant applications that serve our tens of thousands of users across some of the world's leading financial organisations.
You will need to liaise with front end developers and product people regularly, so being a good communicator and collaborator is extremely important.
Youre the kind of person who wants to join a community of forward-thinking people, thriving in a welcoming and collaborative space where everyones learning from each other, and learning fast.
This is an expansion role within the team and we see it as absolutely critical in Edgefolio's success, today and far into the future as we continue our mission to digitise and bring transparency to the fund industry.
This role brings with it the opportunity for an ambitious individual to build alongside our technical co-founders and a long-term successful team, joining us through 10x growth over the coming years.
Youll sit in the Technology Team and report to the Lead Engineer.
Responsibilities
Writing web application code and tests in Django
Integrating user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
Designing and implementing performance applications, identifying and fixing bottlenecks that may arise from inefficient code
Developing and testing APIs to various third-party systems or frontend applications, preferably using Django REST framework
Following a secure development lifecycle, integrating web application security standards in your workflow
Contributing to high-level system design and architecture discussions and understanding the product and technologies used
Working to define project plans and timescales in an agile environment, with the help of the product management team.
Working with internal stakeholders to understand and resolve software problems independently, with minimal supervision
Being an effective senior and active team player in a friendly development team, helping others while not afraid to ask for help yourself
Requirements
5+ years of relevant work experience
Expert in Python 3+, Django Framework and its ORM
Experience with Django REST Framework and writing APIs
Able to write clean HTML (server-side templating in Django/Jinja)
Basic CSS and JavaScript (basic knowledge of ReactJS is a plus)
Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python (Django + Celery)
Experience in developing secure web applications
Experience in writing testable code - Unit/Integration/End-to-end testing
Proficient understanding of code versioning in Git
A high technical aptitude and strong attention to detail
Collaborative, with strong communication skills
Self-starter with ability to work autonomously in a remote environment
Mentorship leadership of other developers, leading by example, and resolving
Client-focused approach, where user experience matters
Appetite to understand commercial outcomes
Desirable Skills
Experience with Docker and containerising Django applications
Experience setting up some CI/CD pipeline steps (Github Action or Azure DevOps or other)
Knowledge of Cloud services such as Azure
Knowledge of user authentication and authorisation between multiple systems, servers, and environments
Understanding of security and compliance requirements
Benefits
Attractive base salary
Company pension plan
Flexible, independent and remote-first working environment
A new MacBook + home office budget or a co-working space membership
Paid time off for business training
Bike to work scheme
Mental health support program
Quarterly in person social events
Your birthday day-off
Huge opportunities for growth and role expansion
Bring your dog to work!
How To Apply
If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to careers@edgefolio.com, and well be in touch within 5 working days. We look forward to hearing from you!
Edgefolio is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.Seniority level Seniority levelMid-Senior level
Employment type Employment typeFull-time
Job function Job functionEngineering and Information Technology
IndustriesSoftware Development
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