Lead Python Developer, Backend Developer, GCP, Flask,API

Experis; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in London seeks a talented Backend Engineer to develop innovative software solutions. You will work closely with various teams to implement new features, ensuring adherence to best practices in coding and architecture. The role requires strong skills in REST API design and automation processes, with a hybrid working model in place.

Benefits

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and building REST APIs, ideally with Flask or FastAPI.
• Expertise in scalable and secure architecture design.
• Strong problem-solving skills in product development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new features.
• Promote best practices in coding and architecture.
• Automate processes to increase development efficiency.

Skills

REST API design

Scalable architecture design

Problem-solving skills

Coding standards knowledge

CI/CD automation

Tools

Flask

FastAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Postgres

Job description

70-90k + Benefits

2 days on site in North London

3 days remote

I am recruiting for a talented and driven Backend Engineer to join a dynamic team, focused on the creation and deployment of innovative software solutions. As a Backend Engineer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, design, and quality assurance, to develop cutting-edge features that power our platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Contribute to the development of new features by working alongside engineering, product management, design, and QA teams.
• Promote best practices: Advocate and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices. Your in-depth knowledge of backend technologies will help guide and support your peers, ensuring high-quality code.
• Automation and process improvement: Increase development efficiency, reliability, and scalability by creating automated processes that streamline workflows.
• Foster engineering excellence: Promote engineering best practices across the team and inspire your peers to improve their skills and capabilities.
• Knowledge sharing: Actively engage with the engineering community, contributing to knowledge-sharing initiatives and events. Share your expertise to motivate and mentor your team.

Required Skills

• Proven experience designing and building REST APIs (ideally with Flask, FastAPI, or similar frameworks).
• Expertise in designing architectures that meet scalability, reliability, and security goals.
• Strong problem-solving skills, particularly in product development.
• Solid understanding of backend best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns.
• Experience in automating builds (CI/CD), feature flags, and automated testing.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with message-driven systems (e.g., Google Pub/Sub).
• Proficiency in relational databases (RDBMS), particularly with Postgres.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (document store/key-value store) is a plus.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and configuration management (ideally using Terraform).
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Build for CI/CD actions, deployments, and builds.