Junior Python Developer - Release & Backlog (Hybrid)

Proactive Appointments Ltd.; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + buy/sell option

Private medical health insurance

Pension

Quarterly away trips

Flexible hybrid working

Job summary

Proactive Appointments Ltd. is hiring a Junior Python Developer in Exeter.

The role focuses on engineering, writing code, and addressing backlog requirements, with a specialist emphasis on assisting the Engineering Manager in flow, Jira Kanban boards, and release health across web and mobile products. You will build new features, fix bugs, and reduce technical debt while helping to ensure pre-production quality and smooth production releases.

Qualifications

• Strong background as a Software Engineer or Web Developer with hands-on coding capability.
• Proficient in Python and/or PHP, relational databases (SQL), and Git workflows.
• Experience orchestrating web and mobile release cycles and pre-production deployments.
• Practical experience with Docker and containerised development setups.
• Experience managing Jira boards using Kanban flow principles to optimise team output.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and write code to address backlog requirements and develop new features.
• Assist the Engineering Manager in driving flow and release health across web and mobile products.
• Maintain production release quality and orchestrate smooth production releases.
• Fix bugs and reduce technical debt to ensure delivery bottlenecks are eliminated.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure timely, stable deployments.

Skills

Python

PHP

SQL

Git

Jira Kanban

Docker

Tools

Docker

Git

Jira

Job description

Proactive Appointments Ltd. is hiring a Junior Python Developer in Exeter.

The role focuses on engineering, writing code, and addressing backlog requirements, with a specialist emphasis on assisting the Engineering Manager in flow, Jira Kanban boards, and release health across web and mobile products. You will build new features, fix bugs, and reduce technical debt while helping to ensure pre-production quality and smooth production releases.