Senior Software Developer (Python)

Olive Jar Digital

Greater London

Remote

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Annual bonus scheme

Annual salary review

Electric car scheme

Job summary

A growing digital consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Developer (Python) to design and enhance AI prototypes. This role involves working collaboratively with engineers, managers, and designers to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Python and cloud environments, alongside effective collaboration skills. Benefits include health insurance, an annual bonus, and a generous leave allowance. This position allows for remote work flexibility.

Qualifications

Strong experience in modern software development, particularly in Python or similar backend languages.
Experience with building APIs, microservices, or backend systems in cloud environments.
Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including ML, data, design, and product.
Able to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including ML, data, design and product.
Comfortable writing technical documentation and communicating complex concepts.

Responsibilities

Develop and refine software components that support AI prototypes.
Contribute to technical design documentation, including architecture and API specifications.
Build and maintain well-tested, clean code aligned to quality expectations.
Support automated deployment pipelines and development tooling.
Collaborate with ML engineers and data scientists to integrate models into scalable backend services.
Review code, provide mentorship, and uphold quality across the codebase.
Participate in testing activities (functional, regression, integration) and drive iterative improvements.
Contribute to knowledge sharing and documentation of deliverables.

Skills

Python

API development

CI/CD workflows

Automated testing

Version control

Job description

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About the Role

Olive Jar Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to help build, refine, and enhance high‑fidelity AI prototypes and supporting services across several Discovery and Alpha initiatives. You will work closely with machine learning engineers, data scientists, product managers, and designers to deliver secure, high‑quality, user‑centred technical solutions.

This role is ideal for a developer who enjoys solving complex problems, working iteratively, and contributing to early‑stage innovation.

About Olive Jar Digital

As we grow, we empower our teams to develop their roles and functions and offer support to get you from where you are now, to where you want to be. Moving towards our 10th year, we are now an established brand, building digital products and services and championing the provision of expert talent to enhance customer and in‑house teams, satisfying all user needs. We are a professional, fun, fully inclusive and diverse digital consultancy, valuing everyone’s opinion. With a huge growth plan over the next two years, we are expanding our client‑facing delivery team with designers, developers, and testers as we continue to expand our project portfolio.

Responsibilities

Develop, refine, and iterate software components that support AI prototypes, ensuring they meet engineering, security, accessibility, and performance standards.
Contribute to technical design documentation, including architecture, data flows, integrations, and API specifications.
Build and maintain clean, robust, well‑tested code aligned to agreed coding practices and quality expectations.
Support automated deployment pipelines, cloud environments, CI/CD workflows, and development tooling.
Work closely with ML Engineers and Data Scientists to integrate models and prototype functionality into scalable backend services.
Review code, provide technical guidance, and support standards that ensure maintainability and quality across the codebase.
Participate in testing activities (functional, regression, integration), resolving issues and supporting iterative improvements.
Contribute to knowledge sharing, playback sessions, and documentation of deliverables.

About You

Strong experience in modern software development (e.g., Python,.js, or similar backend languages).
Experience building APIs, microservices, or backend systems within cloud environments.
Skilled in version control, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, and secure coding practices.
Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including ML, data, design, and product.
Comfortable producing technical documentation and communicating complex concepts clearly.

Benefits