Senior Python Developer

MarkIT Placements

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South East London, gb on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

My client, based in London, is looking for a Senior Python Developer. Please apply for full details.


INTRO 

We are looking for a Senior Python/Django Developer to work with us to build our platform. You’ll have the opportunity to work in an exciting, early-stage startup in a senior role within our growing Engineering team and be supported in taking ownership of key parts of the product.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Playing a crucial role in designing and building out our marketplace platform 
  • Shipping and taking ownership of impactful new features and functionality 
  • Peer Reviewing

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN 

  • Friendly atmosphere 
  • Positive management 
  • Challenging problems 
  • Ping pong table 
  • Work with latest technologies 
  • Get to participate in architectural and technological decisions

REQUIRED 

  • 2 years+ commercial experience in Python 
  • Experience working with a web application framework (Django, Flask, ...) 
  • A strong focus on quality and a desire to get things done the best possible way 
  • A desire to test ALL the things 
  • Eagerness to get things shipped and being used as quickly and efficiently as possible. 
  • Experience in architecting and building scalable web applications

WOULD BE AWESOME 

  • Development & consumption of HTTP APIs 
  • JavaScript frameworks & libraries such as AngularJS 
  • Experience scaling a web application by orders of magnitude 
  • DevOps experience (repeatable deployments, automated releases, CI/CD, infrastructure as code) 
  • Experience developing financial applications for use by financial institutions

TECH STACK 

  • PostgreSQL 
  • Django 
  • Jenkins 
  • Ansible 
  • AngularJS (1 & 2) 
  • Python3 
  • Celery 
  • Git
About this role

Summary

Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications using Python and Django.

Job title

Senior Python Developer

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

South East London, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

pythondjangoweb application frameworkscalabilitygit

Preferred skills

angularjsapi developmentdevopsci/cdfinancial applications

Specializations

pythondjangoweb applicationsapiscalability
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

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