Backend Developer - Python Django, AWS, ORM, PostgreSQL (London)
Hybrid - a day each week central London
c£50-75k DoE
Our client is a digital surgery scale-up (launched in 2016) with a rapidly growing customer base across the UK, Europe, US and Australia, working with prestigious healthcare clients (including global medical device companies, state-wide US hospital networks, the NHS and large government institutions).
Sustained growth and a partnership with a billion-dollar US healthcare company underpins this new opening for a Backend Developer to help build and scale the backend app, with an emphasis on improving how it integrates with 3rd party services.
The company is standardising on architectural patterns that allow them to build these integrations using a set of common APIs to the core backend services - the challenge is to create common tools and libraries that allows effortless scaling of patients and associated results.
The successful applicant will need:
- 2+ years of experience writing Backend applications using Python and Django (Rest Framework) or related frameworks, e.g. Flask, FastAPI or similar
- Good understanding of ORM (either Django or SQLAlchemy)
- Good understanding of Python Unit Testing frameworks and TDD practices
- Experience working with Cloud Infrastructure (ideally AWS)
- Experience working with Git, and CI/CD
Highly advantageous:
- Deeper understanding of PostgreSQL
- Experience with serverless frameworks, e.g. Serverless JS, AWS SAM
- Deeper understanding of serverless architecture and best practices
- Experience working in small teams and start-ups
The successful applicant will be an excellent problem-solver, pro-active, committed and analytical, keen to learn while always being delivery minded.