Full Stack Developer

Defaqto Limited; Cwmbrân; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology business is seeking a Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in Python and Django. This hybrid role involves designing and maintaining high-quality software applications, collaborating closely with stakeholders, and ensuring code quality. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of development experience, strong SQL skills, and front-end experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They should be ambitious, detail-oriented, and ready to mentor team members while being able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Flexible working

Wellbeing programmes

Office events and fresh fruit

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' development experience with Python.
• Strong SQL experience, preferably MySQL or PostgresSQL.
• Front-end experience with HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
• Good understanding of software development principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications.
• Collaborate with business and stakeholders to translate needs into deliverables.
• Review code to ensure adherence to best practices and quality guidelines.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to resolve software defects.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders.

Job description

Are you looking for a role where you can use your software expertise to make a BIG impact in a small but leading technology business?

We're looking for a Full Stack Developer for one of our sister companies, Comparison Creator. It is aleading software development company specialising in providing outsourced solutions for product comparison websites. Simply put, Comparison Creatoris the software company behind high profile UK websites including MoneySuperMarket, Go.Compare, Confused and Moneysaving Expert.

Location: hybrid working model - see notes below.

Role Overview

The successful candidate will work closely with the IT Development Manager, and other team members, building industry-leading products, enhancing product architecture and improving team standards and practices.

This role would suit a full-stack Python/Django developer looking for a hands-on role, with a mix of product development and application support. Responsible for configuring, supporting and fixing live products.

Internally, we call this role Python Developer.

Your responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications using Python, Django and related technologies.
• Application Support development.
• Collaborate with the business, to translate business, stakeholder and user needs into deliverable artefacts.
• Identify and implement solutions to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Review code written by other team members to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and quality guidelines.
• Write code that is easily testable and add unit tests to ensure acceptance criteria is achieved.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve software defects.
• Collaborate with the team, and wider business, to improve support and development processes, code quality, and overall team efficiency.
• Work closely with the business, stakeholders, and clients to understand requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure successful project delivery.
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in Python and related technologies.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and propose new ideas and solutions.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues and provide support to end-users.
• Collaborate with the operations and IT teams to ensure smooth deployment and maintenance of applications.
• Maintain dev-ops pipelines in Azure Pipelines and create new pipelines when delivering new products.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential technical requirements

• At least 2 years' development experience with Python.
• Strong SQL experience, preferably MySQL or PostgresSQL.
• Front-end experience with HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
• A good understanding of software development principles, software design patterns, and best practices.

Your approach to work

• You should be ambitious, with a desire to make the role your own.
• The ideal candidate will be proud of the work they do, creating high quality applications and writing elegant code.
• You will be the go-to person for team members looking to develop their skills, providing mentorship, and demonstrating what good looks like.
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and excellent communication abilities are essential.
• Able to prioritise and manage tasks and time.

Advantageous Technical skills

• Experience with Django
• Experience and understanding of service architectures, such as micro service architecture / composable architectures.
• Experience of API design and implementation

Role location

This will be a flexible hybrid role where you'll largely work from home but will be expected to be in the London office for team meetings and other collaboration sessions. These may be planned in advance or relatively short notice so you'll need to be able to access the London office easily and without travel limitations.

Right to Work

Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions. We are currently unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

How we Work

Our values define how we work so that we can achieve our vision, provide a great employee experience, and positively impact our customers.

Think Big | Be Bold | Own it | Team up | Be a Star

We have a vibrant office environment with a hybrid approach to working supported by our flexible working promise. We have a focus on wellbeing, a programme of social, charity and team-building events and free fresh fruit delivered to the office.

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.