Senior Software Engineer

Edgefolio Group; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Django Developer to join their dynamic team. This role is crucial for developing scalable web applications that serve a global audience in the fund management industry. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive projects from conception to deployment, ensuring high-quality software solutions. The company promotes a flexible, remote-first working environment, fostering autonomy and personal growth. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in a fast-growing sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Company pension plan

Flexible working environment

New MacBook + home office budget

Paid time off for business training

Bike to work scheme

Mental health support program

Quarterly social events

Birthday day-off

Growth opportunities

Bring your dog to work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Python and Django development.
• Expert in Django REST Framework and API development.
• Strong attention to detail and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing and testing Django-based web applications.
• Integrating front-end elements with server-side logic.
• Contributing to system design and architecture discussions.

Skills

Python 3+

Django Framework

Django REST Framework

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Git

Event-driven programming

Unit/Integration/End-to-end testing

Mentorship

Tools

Docker

CI/CD (Github Action, Azure DevOps)

Cloud services (Azure)

Job description

About Us

Edgefolio is a B2B FinTech scale-up, building technology that connects the fund management industry. We are a venture-backed team of innovators and technologists, bringing the industry online by creating best-in-class digital solutions to various legacy problems.

Edgefolio is being scaled by people all around the world who share our vision. We are an experienced tight-knit team with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, delivery, and scale.

We believe in empowering our teammates in their work, giving them autonomy and ownership of what they do. We want everyone at Edgefolio to own their story and their successes – all our team members are highly valued and important members of our company's journey.

Job brief

We are looking for a Senior Django Developer who is extremely knowledgeable and a driven individual, you will be a Senior Engineer within a team designing and programming Django-based web applications.

You will be a part of a cross-functional product team that is responsible for the full web application development life cycle, producing scalable software solutions from conception to deployment.

As a Python Django Developer you will need to be analytical, and comfortable with a mix of web technologies, development frameworks and third-party libraries. If you have great attention to detail, good organisational skills and you are comfortable working in a team, we would like to meet you. As well as producing code, you will lead the design and implementation of technical solutions working alongside a product manager, and close to the lead engineer, helping the delivery of production-ready projects by helping fellow developers and QA engineersimplement the right solutions.

As Edgefolio expands, you will help build modern and elegant applications that serve our tens of thousands of users across some of the world's leading financial organisations.

You will need to liaise with front end developers and product people regularly, so being a good communicator and collaborator is extremely important.

You’re the kind of person who wants to join a community of forward-thinking people, thriving in a welcoming and collaborative space where everyone’s learning from each other, and learning fast.

This is an expansion role within the team and we see it as absolutely critical in Edgefolio's success, today and far into the future as we continue our mission to digitise and bring transparency to the fund industry.

This role brings with it the opportunity for an ambitious individual to build alongside our technical co-founders and a long-term successful team, joining us through 10x growth over the coming years.

You’ll sit in the Technology Team and report to the Lead Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Writing web application code and tests in Django
• Integrating user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Designing and implementing performance applications, identifying and fixing bottlenecks that may arise from inefficient code
• Developing and testing APIs to various third-party systems or frontend applications, preferably using Django REST framework
• Following a secure development lifecycle, integrating web application security standards in your workflow
• Contributing to high-level system design and architecture discussions and understanding the product and technologies used
• Working to define project plans and timescales in an agile environment, with the help of the product management team.
• Working with internal stakeholders to understand and resolve software problems independently, with minimal supervision
• Being an effective senior and active team player in a friendly development team, helping others while not afraid to ask for help yourself

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Expert in Python 3+, Django Framework and its ORM
• Experience with Django REST Framework and writing APIs
• Able to write clean HTML (server-side templating in Django/Jinja)
• Basic CSS and JavaScript (basic knowledge of ReactJS is a plus)
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python (Django + Celery)
• Experience in developing secure web applications
• Experience in writing testable code - Unit/Integration/End-to-end testing
• Proficient understanding of code versioning in Git
• A high technical aptitude and strong attention to detail
• Collaborative, with strong communication skills
• Self-starter with ability to work autonomously in a remote environment
• Mentorship leadership of other developers, leading by example, and resolving
• Client-focused approach, where user experience matters
• Appetite to understand commercial outcomes

Desirable skills

• Experience with Docker and containerising Django applications
• Experience setting up some CI/CD pipeline steps (Github Action or Azure DevOps or other)
• Knowledge of Cloud services such as Azure
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorisation between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements

Benefits

• Attractive base salary
• Company pension plan
• Flexible, independent and remote-first working environment
• A new MacBook + home office budget or a co-working space membership
• Paid time off for business training
• Bike to work scheme
• Mental health support program
• Quarterly in person social events
• Your birthday day-off
• Huge opportunities for growth and role expansion
• Bring your dog to work!

How to Apply

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to [e-mail], and we’ll be in touch within 5 working days. We look forward to hearing from you!

Edgefolio is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.