Senior Backend Engineer – Hybrid (Python, AWS, Kafka)

Drive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonus

Private medical insurance

Hybrid working (Holborn, London + WFH)

Birthday day off

Job summary

Drive is seeking a skilled backend engineer to design, build, and scale highly available services in Python, with Django or FastAPI. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and Sales to translate complex business needs into robust architectures, while embracing Agile practices and code reviews.

Based in London, we offer hybrid working with offices in Holborn and flexible remote days. You’ll join a fast-paced, collaborative team and have access to a modern stack including AWS, PostgreSQL,

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills to design and build scalable backend services, primarily in Python (in any framework).
• Analytical skills: a love for problem solving, and improving our working processes.
• A good understanding of databases, OO design, data structures, distributed systems and SOLID principles.
• Strong desire to work collaboratively with both your peers and business teams.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to other team members.

Responsibilities

• Hands on building highly scalable and maintainable backend services.
• Turn intricate business needs into robust technical designs and high-level architecture.
• Use appropriate tools for development and be proactive in suggesting new tools, frameworks or techniques.
• Collaborate across Product, Design and Sales teams.
• Share technical solutions and product ideas through code and design reviews, pair programming, and presentations.
• Highlight areas we can improve on as a team practising Agile processes.

Skills

Python

Backend design

Distributed systems

SOLID principles

Tools

Django

FastAPI

AWS

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Kafka

GitHub

Kubernetes

Redis

Job description

Drive is seeking a skilled backend engineer to design, build, and scale highly available services in Python, with Django or FastAPI. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and Sales to translate complex business needs into robust architectures, while embracing Agile practices and code reviews.

Based in London, we offer hybrid working with offices in Holborn and flexible remote days. You’ll join a fast-paced, collaborative team and have access to a modern stack including AWS, PostgreSQL,