Senior Software Developer

Quick Release; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in London seeks a Senior Software Developer. The role focuses on developing innovative tools using Python and Django, and requires strong collaboration within a project-based team. A competitive starting salary between £55,000 and £63,000 is offered, along with a supportive company culture and focus on career development.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Team events

Training and mentoring support

Work-life balance focus

Qualifications

• Professional experience with multiple key technologies.
• Experience using Python programming language.
• History of designing and developing impactful applications.
• Understanding of the latest web development tools.
• Ownership over maintainable code and thorough documentation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects as part of a team to create impactful products.
• Write robust and maintainable code.
• Collaborate closely with the team for problem-solving and feature definition.
• Mentor less experienced team members.

Skills

Python

Django

HTML/CSS

JavaScript

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Postgres

Git

Job description

Overview

If you’re interested in progressing your career in developing innovative tools and being part of a hands-on, collaborative, project-based approach to solving data challenges, then we’d love to hear from you.

The "Special Projects" team is Quick Release’s in-house software development centre-of-excellence, developing products directly for clients, tools to support the work of our Analysts and Consultants, and internal software tools to help run the business.

The team is made up of primarily full-stack developers who have moved into the team after excelling in Analyst or Consultant roles within Quick Release. We are now seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to bolster our capacity to deliver high quality software solutions, accelerate our processes and help us grow our technical capabilities.

This role will require 1-2 days per week working from a QR office, client site or shared workspace.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Delivering on projects as part of a team of developers to create impactful products
• Writing robust and maintainable code
• Helping to shape internal processes and practices
• Collaborating closely with the wider QR team to help problem solve, define, deliver, and code review features
• Attending and leading sessions within the Special Projects daily stand-ups and monthly workshops
• Contributing to and learning from our knowledgebase
• Mentoring less experienced members of the team to facilitate their professional growth

Technologies

The primary technologies we use include Python, Django, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Postgres, Redis, GitHub Actions and Git.

Additionally, we support some legacy and smaller tools using VBA, C# and R

Qualifications

The selection process will focus on technical aptitude as well as your experience in the process of taking an idea from concept to a shipped product. We offer the following requirements as a guide:

• Professional experience with multiple of our key technologies and/or similar ones
• Experience using the Python programming language
• A demonstrable history of designing and developing impactful applications
• Understanding and ideas around the latest web development tools and techniques
• Professional experience with the latest tools and techniques for web development
• You feel ownership over everything you help to build - you write maintainable code, test and document thoroughly, care about the people who use the things you create and take pride in your work

Nice to have

• You have experience with developing full-stack Django applications
• You have experience with AWS and Terraform

Benefits and expectations

• Competitive starting salary of £55k - £63k depending on experience & skillset
• Lots of team events and supportive company culture
• Developing your talent and career with training, mentoring and support, plus a strong focus on well-being and work-life balance

QR Values

As an equal opportunities employer, Quick Release will never discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, marital status, or disability status.

Quick Release (Automotive) Limited are an Armed Forces friendly employer. We welcome applications from reservists, former or existing Armed Forces personnel who are interested in a career in Product Data Management.

If at any point throughout the recruitment process you require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please do let us know and we will be happy to help.

AI and your application

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