​Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 + 10% Bonus

The Green Recruitment Company are delighted to be working with a leading, international, Energy provider.

The established supplier is determined to increase their use of renewable energy, so have created a new “start-up” division that matches all grid use with 100% renewable energy.

The well-backed division has experienced rapid growth since its introduction, so are looking to bring in a Senior Backend Software Engineer, who will be critical in designing and developing new products.

This Individual will be joining the existing team, within a start-up environment and should have creativity and a passion for backend development.

Responsibilities:

• Building full-stack cloud apps

• Guiding a team of junior to mid-level backend engineers

• Using AWS Cloud services with Python and Django on the backend

• Using a serverless first methodology

• Plan, build, test, and release new features

• Support in solving the challenges surrounding large-scale systems and lots of data

• Working with other backend engineers and product designers in an agile environment

• Shaping our tech stack to be future-proof and state-of-the-art

Requirements

• At least 3 years’ experience in Python development

• Experience with Python frameworks (ideally Django)

• Experience building applications in AWS

Desirables

• Experience working with RESTful APIs or GraphQL

• SQL Database experience or understanding

• Experience with Serverless Computing such as Lambda and API Gateway

• Experience using version control tools e.g. git

• Software design, problem-solving skills, and debugging skills.

• Experience using Terraform, Packer and Consul

• Frontend development experience is always appreciated

• Using testing frameworks (e.g. PyTest, Jest.)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Understanding with CI/CD pipelines