Senior Python (Django) Engineer

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 a 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