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Elgin Shaw
Backend Engineer (Python/Django
£65k
- £75k
London
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Backend Engineer (Python/Django) Hybrid 1 Full-time
We’re looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing tech team. You’ll design, build, and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs, contributing to high-performing, secure, and user-friendly applications.
What you’ll bring:
3+ years Back End development in production
Strong Python & Django (4+ years)
SQL database expertise & optimisation skills
REST API design experience
CI/CD, Git, and testing familiarity
Strong collaboration and time management skills
Nice to have: Fintech, payments, E-commerce, or AI coding assistant experience.
The company is a very successful payment platform that is recruiting because of growth. In addition to the base salary there is on offer a good Bonus, Private Health care, Pension plan and 26 days holidays excluding Bank Holidays.
Role responsibilities:
Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features
Design, build and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs
Using Git for version control and tracking code changes
Write secure, maintainable and well documented code
Diagnosing and resolving system issues across the platform
Debugging and maintaining applications while ensuring code efficiency and performance
Attend review meetings and make meaningful contributions to maintain code quality and optimise performance
Contribute to Back End infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and monitoring/logging
you will be working one day a week in the office in London or South Yorkshire.
So if you want to work in a Fintech, where Back End reliability, scalability, and transaction security are critical, and that aligns really well with your background, please send CV in.
Role tech stack
Git
Python
Django
SQL
Elgin Shaw
Backend Engineer (Python/Django
£65k - £75k
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