Senior Full Stack Engineer

DISCO; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office setup allowance

Learning & development allowance

25 days annual leave

Sick leave 2 weeks

Parental leave

Job summary

DISCO is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer in London. You will lead design and implementation of scalable features, build secure APIs, and influence architecture alongside a small, high-impact team.

The role requires deep Python/Django experience, REST API design, React.js expertise, and strong security sense. Hybrid work includes four days remote and one day in London co-working with colleagues.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands on engineering experience across front end and back end.
• Proven expertise with Python and Django, specifically the Django REST Framework.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience applying shift left security principles.
• RESTful API design and development.
• Proficient with React.js and modern front end tooling.

Responsibilities

• Implement secure, usable, scalable features for customers.
• Lead translation of product ideas into deliverable software.
• Ensure application security and participate in security initiatives.
• Lead incident response in a production environment.
• Cover on-call rotation on a shared roster.
• Mentor teammates and promote best practices.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

React.js

PostgreSQL

Security

API design

Frontend tooling

Cloud basics

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Terraform

OpenSearch

Job description

What is DISCO?

DISCO is the industry standard for managing, organising and sharing music and other media. We make music and media workflow fast, intuitive and simple, directly connecting people and their work to save time. Today we count UMG, Sony, Warner Music, Netflix, Amazon among our customers, and over 250,000 people interact with DISCO each month. Our customers are super passionate about our product.

Location

Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

As a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home four days a week, and spend one day per week at a co-working space in London with your local colleagues.

Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the DISCO team, you will lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable software features, build performant and secure APIs, and find elegant solutions to complex problems. As part of a small, dedicated team you will have a huge impact on the architecture, design and technology stack of our application.

If you are a Senior Full Stack Engineer who has a passion for quality, prides themselves on being a resourceful and adaptive learner of new technologies, enjoys working collaboratively, and can help us drive our vision to be the operating system of the music industry forward, this role is for you!

Responsibilities

• Implement secure, usable, scalable features that meet the needs of our customers
• Lead the synthesis of product ideas and business requirements into deliverable software
• Ensure application security and assist with information security compliance initiatives
• Lead incident response in a production environment
• Cover on-call rotation on a shared roster
• Champion initiatives to address technical debt and improve development processes
• Ensure your team delivers clean, scalable code with effective tests
• Review and constructively critique pull requests
• Influence the engineering team to adopt best practices and design scalable applications
• Support your teammates to grow through mentoring, coaching and collaborative learning

Requirements

• 7+ years hands on engineering experience across front end and back end
• Demonstrated expertise with Python and Django, specifically the Django REST Framework
• Experience working with relational databases, we use PostgreSQL
• Experience applying shift left security principles
• Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs
• Proficient with React.js, semantic HTML and CSS frameworks
• Experience working with modern design systems and front end tooling
• Flexibility to attend occasional meetings outside of UK business hours to facilitate collaboration with the team in Australia, with time in lieu
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Nice to haves

• Computer Science degree or comparable knowledge and experience
• Experience responding effectively to production issues of a heavily used application
• Experience developing for AWS, though experience with other major cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) is also welcome.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform
• Experience with OpenSearch or other search solutions
• Experience in DevOps/site reliability
• Experience in a startup business
• Experience working in a distributed development team

Benefits

• Office set-up allowance
• Annual learning and development allowance
• 25 days of paid vacation leave per year + paid bank/public holidays
• Two weeks of paid sick leave per year
• Company-paid parental leave, including maternity leave, partner leave and adoption leave
• Monthly internet allowance/reimbursement
• Autonomy to manage your work flexibly in a high trust environment

DISCO is an equal-opportunity employer. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals who have disabilities. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please note this in your cover letter and we will reach out to you.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.