Elgin Shaw

Backend Engineer (Python/Django) | Hybrid 1 | Full-time We're looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing tech team. You'll design, build, and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs, contributing to high-performing, secure, and user-friendly applications. What you'll bring: 3+ years Back End development in production Strong Python & Django (4+ years) SQL database expertise & optimisation skills REST API design experience CI/CD, Git, and testing familiarity Strong collaboration and time management skills Nice to have: Fintech, payments, E-commerce, or AI coding assistant experience. The company is a very successful payment platform that is recruiting because of growth. In addition to the base salary there is on offer a good Bonus, Private Health care, Pension plan and 26 days holidays excluding Bank Holidays. Role responsibilities: Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features Design, build and maintain scalable Back End services and APIs Using Git for version control and tracking code changes Write secure, maintainable and well documented code Diagnosing and resolving system issues across the platform Debugging and maintaining applications while ensuring code efficiency and performance Attend review meetings and make meaningful contributions to maintain code quality and optimise performance Contribute to Back End infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and monitoring/logging you will be working one day a week in the office in London or South Yorkshire. So if you want to work in a Fintech, where Back End reliability, scalability, and transaction security are critical, and that aligns really well with your background, please send CV in.