Mid-level Software Developer

Learning Cog ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a proactive Mid-Level Software Developer to take ownership of impactful projects in educational technology. This role involves enhancing existing systems and leading new initiatives while mentoring junior developers. You'll work closely with a dynamic team to create innovative solutions using Python and Django, ensuring seamless user experiences. If you're ready to thrive in a fast-paced environment and make a real impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional experience in software development.
• Ability to work on both backend and frontend technologies.
• Strong understanding of coding principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of backend development using Python and Django.
• Lead new projects from concept to delivery ensuring scalability.
• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to build solutions.

Skills

Python

Django

PHP

Frontend Technologies

API Design

Software Development Tools

Job description

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Mid-Level Software Developer

Are you ready to take ownership of meaningful projects and help shape the future of educational technology? We’re looking for a proactive and skilled Mid-Level Software Developer to join our growing team at LearningCog. In this role, you’ll work across the full development lifecycle, enhancing existing systems, leading new initiatives, and mentoring a junior developer. You'll collaborate closely with our internal team to build innovative solutions using Python, Django, and modern web technologies. If you're someone who thrives in a fast-moving, evolving environment and wants to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

We are not expecting any candidate to have experience or knowledge in all these areas. Ideally you should have experience of the Front and Backend technologies listed below or equivalents and a desire to learn the components in our stack.

Salary: Starting from £45,000 per annum for this full-time role. We are open to considering a four-day working week (with a pro-rata adjustment to salary if applicable).

Our team benefits from a flexible hybrid working environment, with access to offices and collaboration spaces at the Sussex Innovation Centre, Falmer, Brighton, to support in-person engagement.

Please note: candidates must already be based in the UK, as we are unfortunately unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

If you have relevant skills and experience, we encourage you to apply, even if your background does not exactly match all our preferred criteria. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and warmly welcome applications from individuals of underrepresented communities.

What you'll do

• Take ownership of backend development using Python and Django within our current tech offering.
• Lead the development of new projects from concept through to delivery, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Collaborate within a cross-functional team across the business, contributing to both backend and frontend solutions.
• Support the development of responsive, user-friendly frontend applications using a modern stack.
• Ensure seamless end-to-end user experiences across web platforms.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with future growth in mind.
• Work independently with strong initiative while contributing to team discussions and decisions.
• Translate the vision of our Educational Technology package into robust, production-quality software.

What you'll need

• Be able to take ownership of current software built using PHP and make decisions about the future development/rebuild.
• All round tech skills, comfortable working on the backend and frontend.
• Strong skills in the use of Python and Django.
• Around 3 to 5 years professional experience with ability to understand different software development tools and choose the best fit for the needs of the business.
• Be confident taking ownership of the development of a project from inception through to delivery
• Value fundamental coding principles and best practices
• Enjoy working with multiple data sources and designing expressive APIs.
• Experience writing robust and fault-tolerant software

Recruitment Process

·Position Advertised: 28 th April 2025

·Closing Date for Applications: Friday 16 th May 2025

·Shortlist of application and responses to applications by Friday 23 rd May 2025

·Interviews to take place beginning of June 2025.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Professional Training and Coaching

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