Lead Python Developer

Overview

In this Lead Python Django Developer role, you will drive the architecture and technical direction of a greenfield, enterprise-grade platform for social data. You’ll work closely with founders, designers, and engineers to shape features and scale the stack, evangelize new technologies, and contribute to a fast-paced, innovative start-up culture. The position offers growth, ongoing training, and day-one equity options in a London-based company.

Pay / Benefits

• Options from day 1
• Excellent salary and benefits package
• Ongoing training
• Structured career path
• London office location
• Possible career growth opportunities

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select technologies to implement product features
• Collaborate with founders, UI/UX designers and technical staff on product development
• Support recruitment, training, and organization of development staff
• Evangelise and prototype new technologies; help shape the architecture
• Participate in agile development and adapt to evolving requirements

Key requirements

• 3+ years of commercial Python and Django development
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and OOP
• Keen to write clean, well-structured code (PEP8)
• Fan of best practices & TDD
• Good knowledge of Docker and cluster orchestration
• Good knowledge of RabbitMQ/Celery
• Good knowledge of Postgres (RDBMS) and Elasticsearch (NoSQL)
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs
• Good knowledge of Git
• Exposure to NumPy, SciPy, pandas, IPython and related Python libraries (advantage)
• Experience with large data sets and data manipulation (advantage)

• Collaborative mindset
• Proactive problem solver
• Strong communication with cross-functional teams
• Python
• Django
• Twisted