Senior Python Engineer

Partnerize; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in the UK is searching for an experienced Python Software Engineer to develop high-performance systems that process large volumes of data in real time. Candidates should have at least 5-7 years of software development experience using Python, along with a strong understanding of distributed systems and proficiency in tools such as Kafka and MySQL. The role offers a vibrant working environment and comprehensive benefits, including enhanced parental leave, private medical insurance, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Cycle to Work scheme

Life Assurance

Wellness Program access

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of professional software development experience using Python.
• Mastery of Python libraries and frameworks, with experience in building distributed systems.
• Experience with large volumes of data in scalable architectures.
• Strong written and verbal communication for documentation and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems to process data in near real-time for high event rates.
• Contribute to mission-critical systems and scale platforms to meet demands.
• Collaborate with the lead architect to build scalable and fault-tolerant services.
• Write clean, well-tested code with a focus on maintainability.

Skills

Python programming

Distributed systems

Data processing

High concurrency

Communication skills

Tools

Kafka

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

The things you care about

At the heart of our platform we track performance marketing data and build a number of solutions to turn this data into useful information for our customers. We work with a lot of data, generating over a billion events across our infrastructure daily. We aim to make as much of this data available in real-time as possible, which is no mean feat at this scale! Our platform is powered by our REST APIs and everything is developed with an API-first approach.

The primary technologies we use are Python, PHP, JavaScript (React), and Kafka. Data is stored in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Druid and Redis. We are constantly evolving our platform and tools to take advantage of the ever-changing tech landscape. We deploy to production several times a day.

As a Python Software Engineer at Partnerize, you will :

• Be responsible for developing systems that process data at near real time for thousands of events per second, operating with data sets in the region of tens of billions of rows.
• Contribute towards mission critical systems for the business, helping us to scale our platform to meet the demands of our clients.
• Work closely with the lead architect to build services that are scalable, fault tolerant, and resilient.
• Write clean, well-tested and refactored code while keeping in mind maintainability and scalability of the system.

You are a seasoned Python software engineer with :

• Have a minimum of 5-7 years of robust professional software development experience, prominently utilising Python as the primary language, within a commercial setting.
• Demonstrate mastery of Python programming, encompassing an extensive understanding of Python libraries and frameworks, coupled with a track record of building distributed systems with a strong emphasis on high concurrency.
• Experience developing against large volumes of data and implementing systems that are fault tolerant, distributed, and horizontally scalable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, for collaborating with team members and authoring technical documentation.

We hope you have :

• Hands-on experience with technologies like Kafka, MySQL, Postgres.
• Experience with processing financial data.
• Experience in reverse engineering and problem solving skills, specifically the ability to understand existing systems written in PHP to reimplement.
• An understanding of operational principles, specifically Linux based systems.

UK Benefits&Perks

• 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave : 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
• 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
• Private Medical Insurance through Bupa
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching&Wellness Fridays program
• Regular company events and activities