Senior Python (Django) Engineer (EU based)
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Contract
- £50 - £70 Per Hour
Job Description
Digis is a European company of 200 employees. The company was founded 9 years ago and has managed to grow from a startup into a reliable partner for our clients. We took the best from the product and outsourcing company. You collaborate directly with the client’s team, make business trips…
Digis is looking for an experienced Python/Django engineer to join the remote engineering team (GDPR-covered countries only ). You’ll work alongside a highly technical and motivated team, reporting to the technical co-founder.
About the project
Property operations software. They manage social housing and contractor renovation works around that. Project country: United Kingdom. Age and stage: Established, live stage. Duration: long‑term. Methodology: Agile. The team: There is a complete team on the client side (devs, designers, QA, CTO, engineering manager). Around 6 devs on the Python team now, close collaboration with the dev responsible for onboarding + the lead Python dev. We also have 3 Digis engineers on the Drupal team.
Project advantages
- It is an opportunity to work with an established UK company that is constantly growing.
- You will join an award‑winning multi‑disciplinary team of developers, designers, and project managers, where each project provides its own unique challenges.
- You will work on systems that primarily function within the local government and social housing sectors, which have real impact on real people.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers, UI designers, and other engineers to define technical requirements.
- Design, build, and maintain APIs, microservices, and data pipelines.
- Write well‑structured, testable, and readable code following best design patterns.
- Optimize APIs and database queries for performance improvements. Participate in code reviews and debugging.
- Maintain and refactor existing code to meet new feature requirements. Design and optimize relational databases.
- Write technical documentation for code, APIs, and algorithms.
- Assist in drafting end‑user manuals.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with Python.
- 2+ years of experience with Django.
- Experience working with PostgreSQL.
- Familiarity with AWS (any level).
- Upper‑intermediate English level.
- You are located in GDPR-covered countries .