Senior Python Engineer

Summary

Join PetLab Co., a rapidly growing pet supplement company, as a Senior Python Engineer and contribute to their innovative platform. You will be part of a talented team developing internal tooling, implementing new features, and expanding the use of industry standards. This role offers a structured career path, remote working flexibility, and the opportunity to lead and mentor junior developers. You will be responsible for developing high-quality, scalable Python microservices for AWS, collaborating with the tech lead, and championing best practices. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with Python and related backend technologies, a deep understanding of the Python ecosystem, and proven problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• Significant experience working as an engineer on Python and related backend technology
• A deep understanding of Python and its ecosystem, as well as a track record of successfully completing complex projects and making technical decisions
• Excel at problem-solving with the ability to tackle complex and challenging problems independently
• Experience building quality, and highly scalable backend systems
• Excellent understanding and experience of programming languages and paradigms
• Enthusiastic self-starter that will be able to work in a fast paced environment
• Proven ability to quickly build and maintain authentic relationships and trust with individuals with excellent communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, including non-technical members of the organization

Responsibilities

• Take on more of a leading role within the team, mentoring any junior developers, enforcing best practices, emphasise code quality etc
• Morning stand-up and peer reviews
• Developing high quality, tested and scalable Python micro services for AWS
• Collaborating with the tech lead to recommend solutions that satisfy functional and non-functional needs
• Championing and sharing best practices to improve team and code over time
• Informing others of blockers and communicate technical limitations or implementation misuse

Preferred Qualifications

Any additional experience with the following tech would be advantageous: Fast API, REST Apis, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Microseverices, API Gateway, Lambda, ECR, Terraform and AWS Cloud

Benefits

• Private Health Care through Vitality
• Generous Annual Leave - 28 days + public and bank holidays
• Flexible Working Hours – We focus on results and trust people to manage their time, whether working from home, while travelling, or in the office!
• Help@Hand – Employee Assistance Programme
• Royal London Pension Scheme – We offer a workplace pension scheme with one of the UK’s leading providers of group pensions. With an employer contribution of 5%!
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave – because time with new family members is important!
• Puppy Therapy – working in partnership with Paws in Work to provide a boost of oxytocin twice a year
• Generous Learning and development budget – We always want you to keep learning
• Free breakfast, fruits and snacks – refuel and revitalise with free munchies in the office
• Working Environment – dogs are welcome!
• Life Assurance – In the event of your death, while employed by us, your chosen beneficiaries will be provided with a tax-free lump sum equivalent of four times your basic salary
• Gympass – All in one subscription bringing you the largest selection of gyms, studios and apps
• Electric Vehicle Scheme – Employees sacrifice salary in return for a new electric car, typically saving 30-40% of costs through income and tax and national insurance
• Give Back Day – An extra day off in the year to volunteer plus a £50 contribution to your chosen charity
• Health Cash Benefit – We offer the bronze package with enables you to claim a certain amount of cashback when you pay for something that is health related, i.e dental