Senior Backend Python Engineer – Scale & Impact (Hybrid, London)

Ground Control; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Yearly bonus scheme & share options

Employee support & free flu jabs

Subsidised gym memberships

Employee Recognition Scheme

Job summary

A leading grounds maintenance company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join a product-focused engineering team. You will design and build backend applications that support complex workflows. The role combines exciting challenges in a hybrid working environment, fostering professional growth with clear career paths, benefits, and the opportunity to influence system architecture. Your experience in Python, API-driven systems, and scalable architectures will be key to making a significant impact in this role.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience as a backend developer using Python, ideally in a start-up or scale-up.
• Proven experience building and maintaining API-driven systems.
• Solid understanding of relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services.
• Build systems that handle complex business logic.
• Develop GraphQL and RESTful APIs.

Skills

Backend development with Python

API-driven systems

Relational databases (PostgreSQL)

Scalable backend architecture

Problem-solving skills

CI/CD familiarity

Communication of technical concepts

FastAPI willingness

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Docker experience

Tools

Python

Django

Graphene

AWS Lambda

Job description

A leading grounds maintenance company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join a product-focused engineering team. You will design and build backend applications that support complex workflows. The role combines exciting challenges in a hybrid working environment, fostering professional growth with clear career paths, benefits, and the opportunity to influence system architecture. Your experience in Python, API-driven systems, and scalable architectures will be key to making a significant impact in this role.