Senior Full-Stack Python Engineer — Data-Driven Platform

Oliver Bernard; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is seeking a broad, high-impact engineer to own full-stack product development and help shape engineering practices across a team. You’ll work on core platforms and data products used by thousands of clients, turning complex data into clear, actionable insights for education professionals.

You'll collaborate with Product, Engineering and QA to build and scale front-end and back-end services, develop APIs, and design scalable, maintainable solutions across the stack.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial software engineering experience.
• Experience with Data Modelling.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience.
• Full-stack experience from database through to UI.
• Experience designing and building APIs/services.
• Understanding of SOLID, DRY, Clean Code and TDD.
• Experience with large-scale or complex systems.
• Collaborative, mentoring mindset and interest in data/AI can enhance products.
• Experience with cloud platforms and enterprise systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale front-end and back-end services.
• Develop APIs and data-driven product experiences.
• Work with Python, React and SQL across the stack.
• Design well-architected, scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Drive automated testing, quality and reliability.
• Lead code reviews and pair programming.
• Mentor and support other engineers.
• Contribute to technical discussions, workshops and knowledge sharing.
• Help improve engineering processes, product quality and delivery.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering

Data Modelling

SQL

APIs/services design

SOLID/DRY/Clean Code/TDD

AI/ML awareness

Mentoring/leadership

Cloud platforms

Tools

Docker

Job description

Oliver Bernard is seeking a broad, high-impact engineer to own full-stack product development and help shape engineering practices across a team. You’ll work on core platforms and data products used by thousands of clients, turning complex data into clear, actionable insights for education professionals.

You'll collaborate with Product, Engineering and QA to build and scale front-end and back-end services, develop APIs, and design scalable, maintainable solutions across the stack.