Senior Python Engineer

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PetLab Co.

πŸ“Remote - United Kingdom

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 Β£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
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