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 Back End services and APIs, contributing to high-performing, secure, and user-friendly applications.

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.

About the company

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.

Role responsibilities

• Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features
• Design, build and maintain scalable Back End 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 Back End infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and monitoring/logging

you will be working one day a week in the office in London or South Yorkshire.

So if you want to work in a Fintech, where Back End reliability, scalability, and transaction security are critical, and that aligns really well with your background, please send CV in