Python Developer

Miller’s Recruitment; Ovingdean; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Python Developer to enhance customer reporting and documentation tools. In this role, you will build a web-based portal using Python frameworks. The ideal candidate will possess strong Python skills, experience with Flask, and a solid understanding of HTML/CSS, contributing to both backend logic and frontend presentation.

Benefits

Training in City & Guilds accredited academy

Job Specific Uniform & tooling

Company Pension

32 days holiday per year

Company wide fun days and charity events

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in web application development.
• Proven experience using Flask, Jinja2, and related Python web frameworks.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles.
• Familiarity with data manipulation using libraries like pandas.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Data Analyst to create and maintain dynamic customer reports.
• Contribute to the development of a secure, scalable, web-based customer portal.
• Implement clean and responsive HTML/CSS interfaces using Python frameworks.
• Ensure code is modular and well-documented.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with Flask

HTML/CSS knowledge

Data manipulation with pandas

Attention to detail

Tools

Flask

SQLAlchemy

Pyodbc

Job description

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Python Developer to join our Customer Accounts Team. In this role, you will work closely with our Data Analyst to build and maintain automated customer reporting and documentation tools. You will also contribute to the design and development of a web-based Python application – a customer-facing portal that will streamline access to account data, documentation, and service history.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in both backend logic and frontend presentation, using modern Python frameworks and templating engines. You will play a key role in shaping the tools our customers interact with, ensuring clarity, consistency, and professionalism in all outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Data Analyst to create and maintain dynamic customer reports and documentation using Python.
• Contribute to the development of a secure, scalable, web-based customer portal.
• Implement clean and responsive HTML/CSS interfaces using Python web frameworks such as Flask and templating engines like Jinja2.
• Ensure code is modular, well-documented.
• Work with SQL-based datasets using libraries such as Pyodbc or SQLAlchemy.
• Assist with testing, debugging, and performance optimisation of customer-facing applications.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in web application development.
• Proven experience using Flask, Jinja2, and related Python web frameworks in a working environment.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles, especially within Python-based templating environments.
• Familiarity with data manipulation using libraries like pandas, and integrating with SQL.
• Experience creating structured and styled outputs such as automated PDF reports, HTML documents, or dynamic forms.
• Understanding of secure coding practices, particularly for web applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with analysts and other technical stakeholders.

Company Information

Who are we?
Miller’s Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our service are as follows:

• Nationwide reactive maintenance
• Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services
• Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people
Despite being a large operation here at Miller’s Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

• New (2021) Technical response centre
• Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility
• Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Career Development
Training is also a huge part of our culture here at Miller’s Vanguard and our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of your position or your length of service, we want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever changing equipment technologies.

Why Join Us

• Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy
• Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
• Company wide fun days and charity events
• Company Pension
• 32 days holiday per year
• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families