Backend Software Engineer designing and developing scalable Python/Django backend services for a cybersecurity leader. Collaborating with cross - functional teams to deliver high - performance solutions.
About the role
- Senior Software Engineer developing APIs and frontend components to empower users in exploring and integrating data. Collaborating with data engineers and product managers for a seamless experience.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop APIs that standardise access to complex internal datasets (ideally using NestJS, TypeScript, and Kong)
- Bring thoughtful design practices to API development including versioning, authentication, and security
- Work on the frontend stack (React/Redux, TypeScript) to surface and display data in clear, user-friendly and intuitive ways
- Work closely with data engineers to discuss backend data requirements and optimise queries to keep costs down
- Contribute to data visualisation strategy through intuitive dashboards and tools for exploring complex datasets
- Take full ownership of your code from development through production, help enhance our processes, and foster a collaborative, problem-solving engineering culture
- Collaborate with other application engineers across chapters and teams
Requirements
- Strong experience with modern JavaScript and TypeScript in both backend (Node.js/NestJS) and frontend (React/Redux)
- A solid understanding of API design principles including auth, scalability and security
- Comfort working with varied data sources like CSVs, JSON, lists or similar formats
- Worked with databases and writing complex queries
- Prior exposure to working closely with data engineers or building on top of systems like Databricks, Kinesis or large-scale ETL pipelines
- Experience working in AWS environments using services like DynamoDB, Lambda
Benefits
- Hybrid working and the option to work from *almost* anywhere for up to 90 days per year
- £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space
- $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- An extra day for your birthday
- Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.
- Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality!
- Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
- Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
- £100 Crypto for you!
- Cycle to Work Scheme
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