Backend/Full-Stack Developer: Python/Django - Mid/Senior

Description

About MyPocketSkill and our mission

MyPocketSkill is an award winning technology platform, on the intersection of Edtech and Fintech, with a mission to empower GenZs to be more financially capable. The platform enables 13-24 year olds to earn money and save towards their goals with the help of behavioural science. Earn. Save. Learn. Soon Invest.

We are scaling our digital platform and to aid our next phase of product development and growth we are looking to bring an additional developer to grow our engineering function and deliver on an ambitious tech road map.

Your mission

Develop scalable, stable and efficient digital systems that enhance our marketplace. Write high-quality code for tech products that improve customer experience, reduce customer service issues and reduce costs. Be detail-conscious yet deadline-oriented, able to support technical decision-making to keep progress on track.

Your responsibilities:

As a company we focus on objectives and results with individuals driving the decisions on the best ways to achieve them. We have included this list of responsibilities to give you an idea of the starting point for this position; the exact responsibilities will develop under team leadership.

• Confident development and engineering of scalable, cloud-based software solutions accessible via web and mobile apps.

• Scalability and Connectivity: Help build systems designed to handle sudden peaks in concurrent users trying to read and write data simultaneously; and to accommodate for poor network connectivity.

• Communication & Collaboration: Maintain transparent communication about project and task statuses, milestones and potential risks, collaborating effectively with other developers and departments.

• Performance Tracking: Assist in the implementation and management of performance monitoring and issue alerting systems to help optimise user experience

• Leading Technical Discussions: You will be instrumental to MyPocketSkill technical decisions, influencing technology selection, architectural changes and pushing the boundaries of engineering.

Requirements

We are looking for 4+ years of solid coding experience.

• Depth of Knowledge: Solid back-end/ full stack development experience. Python/Django is a must-have.

• Scalability Skills: Experience in participating in the design and development of scalable software products

• Technical Contributions: Experience in contributing to system design and assisting in technical decisions on projects / features

• Databases: Experience with SQL databases with the ability to contribute to database design and optimisation

• DevOps & QA Awareness: Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and QA processes

• Front End Skills: Knowledge of front-end frameworks, notably Vue and Nuxt

• Data and UX: Working understanding of data capture and performance tracking, a willingness to contribute to design and UX decision

• Testing: You consider unit testing a key part of software delivery

Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience

• Equity: Access to employee incentive scheme, after an agreed period

• Social: regular team events

• Other benefits: Company pension

• Annual Leave: 28 days (including public holidays) + your birthday off

• Location: Hybrid (Currently 2 days per week in London Office)

• Hours: 40hrs per week

• Access to salary sacrifice benefits for private medical insurance

• Application Deadline: Assessing candidates on an ongoing basis, apply as soon as possible