Python / Django Developer - Remote

Python / Django Developer - Remote

• Full-Stack Python/Django Developer - £65,000 per annum
  
  We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack Developer to join our small but highly effective engineering team, focusing on the development and maintenance of a customised Information Management System.
  
  This role requires expert-level Django experience, a deep understanding of its advanced features, and the ability to work within Django's strongly opinionated framework.
  
  Key Responsibilities
  
  
  • Design, develop, and maintain web applications.
    
    
  • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, using platforms such as GitHub.
    
    
  • Participate in code reviews to uphold code quality and best practices.
    
    
  • Troubleshoot and resolve user issues as part of a service desk during business hours (no on-call work).
    
    
  • Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and new technologies.
    
    Required Skills & Experience
    
    
  • 5+ years of professional full-stack web development experience.
    
    
  • 3+ years of experience building applications with Django, including advanced features such as:
    
    
    • Generic Views
      
      
    • Advanced ORM Usage
      
      
    • Caching
      
      
    • Signals
      
      
    • Custom Middleware
      
      
    • Complex Schema & Data Migrations
      
      
  • Strong expertise in Django Rest Framework (DRF).
    
    
  • Proficiency in PostgreSQL, including writing efficient queries and debugging database performance issues.
    
    
  • Experience with Python's requests library.
    
    
  • Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, and Git.
    
    Nice-to-Have Skills
    
    
  • Experience with Redis, NGINX, HAProxy.
    
    
  • Experience working on large codebases.
    
    
  • SC clearance eligibility (not essential but beneficial).
    
    Work Style & Environment
    
    
  • Hybrid setup - Remote with one day per week onsite in Leeds.
    
    
  • No on-call work - support required only during business hours.
    
    
  • Work within a small, collaborative team.
    
    
  • Must be eligible to work in the UK and available for occasional travel if required