Backend Engineer (Python/Django

Elgin Shaw; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure and scalable Back End services and APIs. The role requires strong expertise in Python and Django. You'll collaborate across departments to ensure code efficiency and performance while working hybrid in London or South Yorkshire. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus, health care, and pension plan along with 26 annual leave days.

Benefits

Good bonus

Private health care

Pension plan

26 days holidays excluding Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of Back End development in production.
• Strong knowledge of Python and Django (4+ years).
• Experience with SQL databases and optimization.
• Familiarity with REST API design.
• Understanding of CI/CD and Git.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver features.
• Write secure and well-documented code.
• Debug and resolve system issues.
• Contribute to infrastructure and monitoring.

Skills

Backend development experience

Strong Python

Django expertise

SQL database optimization

REST API design

CI/CD familiarity

Git version control

Collaboration skills

Time management skills

Job description

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.

Overview

Role responsibilities:

• Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features

Responsibilities

• 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

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

Qualifications

• 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

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.

Role location: Hybrid (London or South Yorkshire)

So if you want to work in a Fintech, where Back End reliability, scalability, and transaction security are critical, and that aligns really well with your background, please send CV in.