Senior Software Engineer

Marcus Donald are working with a leading Global Financial Services firm, popular for their outstanding & award winning online trading platform. The client are looking to innovate the traditional finance space with a new completely disintermediated platform for saving and investing so there is opportunity for multiple Senior Software Engineer to join the team!

The ideal candidate will possess experience working within the FS/Trading/Banking sector and have a wealth of experience with Django or Flask web frameworks.

Location: FULLY REMOTE (100%)

Senior Software Engineer – Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product owners, designers and other developers to build a best-in-class experience for our customers
• Write effective, scalable code
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Integrate user-facing elements into the application
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems for our customers

Senior Software Engineer – Requirements:

• Knowledge of Python and the Pythonic way of solving problems
• 3+ years commercial experience using Python
• Understanding of test-driven development (TDD), and desire to write tests
• Broad understanding of the concept of minimum viable product and conversion rates
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience working with either Django or Flask frameworks

Senior Software Engineer – Desirable:

• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and database design principles
• Knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM)
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript and HTML5)

This is an amazing opportunity for someone with a passion for technology, product and user experience (Python) to get involved with an innovative, award-winning organisation looking to rebrand. The team are growing significantly to ensure they are constantly maintaining their exceptional standards.

To find out more or to directly register your interest email jryan@marcusdonald.com – I look forward to speaking with you all!