Senior Software Engineer

Austin Fraser; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Hybrid working - 2 days per week in office in Brighton, 3 days per week remote.

Salary up to £75k plus excellent benefits.

My client is a leading Digital eCommerce company with their main development team based in Central Brighton. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a background in Python (or similar languages such as Java, C++, Node.js/TypeScript, C# or PHP) to join their team. This role involves working remotely with 2 days per week in their beautiful, hi-tech Brighton offices.

They seek a Senior Software Engineer with a strong OO development background, alongside skills in TDD and an understanding of Solid Principles and development design patterns.

Candidates with a background in OO development using technologies like Java, PHP, C#, Node.js, or similar development languages are also encouraged to apply if Python is not your main skill.

In this role, you will be building Python server applications in a service-oriented architecture and deploying them to Kubernetes. A desire to upskill and work with Python and JavaScript is essential.

A keen investment in technology is at the forefront of this company's mission, with a clear vision for their eCommerce products. They adopt a cloud-native approach to development and infrastructure, allowing for experimentation and improvement, and foster a culture of quality and openness within the team.

This role is based two days per week in their high-tech offices in Brighton, with a team of co-located skilled engineers and product professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design and implement Python web services in Django and Flask.
2. Maintain and extend existing Python web services based on new feature requirements and business needs.
3. Collaborate with Frontend Engineers and Test Automation Engineers to ensure integrations with APIs are correct and complete.
4. Document your APIs for consumption by the Frontend, Test Automation, and Data Analytics teams.

Skills and Experience:

1. Strong experience with a language like Python, Java, C#, PHP, Node.js, JavaScript, or similar.
2. Back end development focused experience.
3. Willingness to learn Python and develop in a TDD and OO development environment.
4. Experience managing Git workflows.
5. Understanding of Relational Databases, PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar.
6. Experience with Docker, both building and running images.
7. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum team.
8. Comfortable collaborating across your Scrum team outside of your main discipline.

This is a very exciting software engineering role and will suit a Senior Software Engineer who has a strong love of open-source technology and wishes to work for a genuinely innovative and caring technology company.

Please send your CV for an immediate interview.