Backend Engineering Lead
6 days ago
We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our team at Student.com. This full-time, permanent position is located in the United Kingdom and offers a great working culture and hybrid working options.
About Us
At Student.com, we aim to simplify the student study-abroad journey through our global marketplace, prioritizing security and ease-of-use. Our platform has helped students from over 130 countries find their perfect home.
Job Description:
This role requires a talented Senior Backend Developer with expertise in Python, mySQL, and architecture. The ideal candidate should have experience building scalable and high-performance architectures that support consumer-facing web and mobile applications.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain APIs and Services for web and mobile applications.
- Commercial experience building backend for B2C and B2B experience on web and mobile.
- Familiar with architecture patterns such as microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement user-friendly interfaces.
- Experience working in agile thinking teams using methods such as Kanban, Scrum, and XP.
- Ideally, has recently line managed a team.
- Optimize application performance and ensure responsiveness across various devices.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices.
- Proven experience as a Backend Engineer with Python in a microservices architecture.
- Strong architecture background – you need to be able to write code.
- Strong understanding of TypeScript and GraphQL.
- Familiar with Elastic Search index and search.
- Familiarity with both relational (specifically MySQL) and NoSQL databases.
- Experience building RESTful APIs and integrating with 3rd parties in a SaaS-based scenario.
- Understanding of testing, for example with PyTest or similar.
- Consider the reusability of code, components, and module development while writing code.
- Experience with Cloud Platforms ideally AWS.
- An advocate of automation at all levels from unit to performance testing.
- Has code review capabilities and is to help and guide other engineers with their code submissions.
- Any exposure to AI or ML would be very welcome.
- Good written English documentation skills to communicate with others via written documentation formats.
Benefits:
We offer competitive holiday, wellbeing, and pension perks, as well as hybrid working options.
Estimated Salary: £80,000 - £110,000 per annum.
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