Back End Developer

?? Senior Python Engineer??

Python, AWS, SaaS

Remote - UK Based

I am partnered with a well-funded and fast-growing B2B SaaS start-up who’s mission is to make the onboarding and hiring of staff as efficient and easy as possible.

Last year they raised £2 million in seed round on their journey to become the number one company for employment verification

Apply Now – if you want to work remotely for a well established start-up as they disrupt the verification sector!

The Role:

• The main responsibility will be to build and deploy API's, you will be expected to create with a product mindset as our end user experience is paramount.
• Build and deploy APIs for interconnected services
• Design APIs for clients and partners (authentication / versioning / documentation)
• Design and develop ETL pipelines using Python and AWS services
• Help prioritise our backlog with a balance between short-term deliverables and longer-term investment in our technology
• Effectively communicate trade-offs to other areas of the business
• Collaborate with the whole development team to influence system architecture and feature design
• Design, test, and deploy new features in a continuous and iterative manner
• Work autonomously on projects from start to finish, and be responsible for the code you write. You build it, you run it.

Key Requirements

• Several years experience as a backend engineer
• Experience with AWS: ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS/SQS
• Strong testing practices, especially Test Driven Development
• Experience with Enterprise Integration Patterns
• An end-to-end systems-mindset; we are building a product that should grow itself and require minimal intervention from our team
• Experience working in a close knit, collaborative, rapidly growing team
• The ability to work in a highly agile environment, using CI/CD practices
• A passion for creating products that are user-friendly and contribute to our product-led growth strategy
• A knack for identifying good UX
• Fluency in English, with excellent written and verbal communication
• Nice to have: Experience with Event Driven Architecture and System architecture