Senior Backend Engineer

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to help design, build and scale modern backend services that power a market-leading digital platform.You'll join a collaborative engineering team where you'll work alongside Product, Design and Commercial teams to build high-performance applications using modern technologies. This is an opportunity to influence technical direction, contribute to architectural decisions and mentor other engineers while working on exciting, large-scale systems.What You'll Be DoingDesign, build and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using PythonTranslate business requirements into robust technical solutions and architectureDevelop APIs and microservices that are reliable, secure and easy to maintainCollaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering teams to deliver new featuresTake part in code reviews, pair programming and technical discussionsIdentify opportunities to improve development practices, tooling and Agile processesMentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across the teamContribute ideas around new technologies, frameworks and engineering best practiceTech StackPythonDjangoFastAPIAWSPostgreSQLKafkaElasticsearchRedisKubernetesGitHubWhat We're Looking ForStrong commercial experience developing backend applications with PythonExperience building scalable APIs and distributed systemsGood understanding of object-oriented design, SOLID principles and software architectureStrong knowledge of relational databases and data modellingExperience working with cloud platforms, ideally AWSExcellent problem-solving skills and a passion for clean, maintainable codeStrong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teamsExperience mentoring or supporting other developers is desirableIf you think you're a good fit, or know somebody that would be well suited for this role we would love to hear from you!