Backend Developer - Python Django, AWS, ORM, PostgreSQL

Hybrid - a day each week central London

£50-75k + benefits

Our client is a digital surgery scale-up (launched in 2016) with a rapidly growing customer base across the UK, Europe, US and Australia, working with prestigious healthcare clients (including global medical device companies, state-wide US hospital networks, the NHS and large government institutions).

Sustained growth and a partnership with a billion-dollar US healthcare company underpins this new opening for a Python Backend Developer to help build and scale the backend app, with an emphasis on improving how it integrates with 3rd party services.

The team is just 2 engineers, the challenge of preparing for scale a considerable one!

The company is standardising on architectural patterns that allow them to build these integrations using a set of common APIs to the core backend services - the Python Backend Developer will create common tools and libraries that allows effortless scaling of patients and associated results.

The successful Python Backend Developer will be an excellent problem-solver, pro-active, committed and analytical, keen to learn while always being delivery minded.

You will need:

• Experience writing Backend applications using Python and Django (Rest Framework) or related frameworks, e.g. Flask, FastAPI
• Good understanding of ORM (either Django or SQLAlchemy)
• Good understanding of Python Unit Testing frameworks and TDD practices
• Experience working with AWS Cloud Infrastructure
• Experience working with Git, and CI/CD
• Understanding of PostgreSQL
• Experience with serverless frameworks, e.g. Serverless JS, AWS SAM
• Understanding of serverless architecture and best practices
• Experience working in small teams and start-ups