Backend Engineer (Python/Django

Elgin Shaw; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Mid-Level Backend Engineer (Python/Django) to design, build, and maintain scalable Back End services. This hybrid role offers one office day per week in London or South Yorkshire. Candidates should have over 3 years of Back End experience and strong skills in Python, Django, and SQL. Benefits include a competitive salary, bonus, private healthcare, and 26 days holiday.

Benefits

Good Bonus

Private Health Care

Pension Plan

26 days holidays excluding Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• 3+ years Back End development in production.
• Strong Python & Django (4+ years).
• SQL database expertise & optimization skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs.
• Collaborate with departments to deliver end-to-end features.
• Write secure, maintainable and well-documented code.

Skills

Back End development

Python

Django

SQL database expertise

REST API design

CI/CD

Git

Job description

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.

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

Location and schedule

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

Benefits

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.