Senior Software Engineer, Python

Senior Software Engineer, Python

We are seeking a Python Engineer to develop and maintain web applications using Django and Wagtail CMS. You will work on building scalable, high-performance backend systems while enhancing content management capabilities.

We are passionate about making peoples' voices heard by creating exciting and useful content based on in-depth, accurate market research, and about delivering that to people in the best way possible. We are looking for people to join us who have an enthusiasm for content creation and publishing and are looking for opportunities to expand their skills and knowledge into new areas.

Our mission is to supply a continuous stream of free-to-access, accurate data and insights into what the world thinks, so that companies, governments and institutions can better serve the people and communities that sustain them and to be a valued public resource used by hundreds of millions of people daily, enabling intelligent decision-making and informed conversations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize backend applications using Django and FastAPI
• Build and customize Wagtail CMS websites, including custom page models, blocks, and workflows
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services
• Work with relational databases (PostgreSQL) for efficient data storage and retrieval
• Optimize applications for performance, security, and scalability
• Lead system design and code architecture discussions
• Work on impactful projects with high volumes of production traffic
• Produce simple, maintainable code while always looking to improve it
• Define testing strategies and write automated tests
• Lead the technical excellence of the system and create plans to mitigate outages
• Pro-actively mentor other engineers
• Foresee the impact of business and technical decisions on performance, reliability and own the entire software lifecycle
• Propose and participate in team processes improvements

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a Python backend developer
• Expert knowledge of Python and some of the main web frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Proficiency in relational databases (PostgreSQL) and ORM frameworks
• Extensive experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and software development best practices
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch for search indexing
• Proven experience in building and deploying scalable microservices
• Good knowledge of Docker
• Solid understanding of modern testing principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High focus on quality, operational excellence and customer experience
• Proactive in identifying risks and taking an impact-centric approach to problem-solving

Nice-to-have skills:

• Hands-on experience with Wagtail CMS, including page models, stream fields, and admin
• Understanding of Celery and task queues for background processing
• Ability to think abstractly and deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems
• Experience participating in mitigating technical debt
• Experience with Kubernetes and AWS technologies

Tools & Technology:

• Collaboration & documentation: JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Miro
• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Vault, AWS, Grafana, ELK Stack, New Relic
• Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask), Redis, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB