Senior Software Engineer - Python

Procode Technology Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic software company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Python to join their hybrid team. The successful candidate will design and implement cloud-native services, mentor fellow engineers, and work within an agile environment using modern tools like AWS, Docker, and GitHub. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits starting from day one, this role offers a unique opportunity to impact product evolution and promote an inclusive culture.

Benefits

Bonus Scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Free onsite gym access

EV car scheme

Health care scheme

Death in service benefit

Employee Assistance Programme

Paid volunteering day

Qualifications

• Deep experience building Python-based services in a microservices architecture.
• Experience in designing and developing APIs and fixing complex bugs.
• Able to mentor and support fellow engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and write high-quality Python code for scalable systems.
• Act as a technical mentor within a product-focused team.
• Work end-to-end across the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Python

Microservices architecture

API design and development

Agile methodologies

Collaboration and mentorship

Tools

AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway)

Docker

Jira

GitHub

CircleCI

PyCharm

Job description

Title: Senior Software Engineer – Python

Department: Procode IT

Location: Hybrid - Commuting distance of our Oxford office

Salary: Circa £56,065 + up to 15% discretionary bonus scheme

Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

About Us

We are a dynamic software company. Established in 2006, with a vision of helping the energy and utilities sectors improve customer experience and lower their cost to serve, using smarter process automation.

Are you curious about what the future in tech holds? Do you have the drive to want to deliver great solutions for customers?

Then we have an exciting opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer, where we aim to provide you with a uniquely inclusive and diverse workplace, which showcases the extraordinary in all of us, by enabling you to be the best you can be.

Our promise is to put customers at the heart of everything we do; it’s part of how we live and breathe at Procode. Our hugely passionate workforce puts them at the heart of every decision we make.

What does this role involve?

As a Senior Python Software Engineer, you'll play a key role within a collaborative, product-focused engineering team, shaping and delivering a suite of cloud‑native services that power our next-generation platform.

You’ll spend your time designing and writing high‑quality Python code that underpins scalable, secure, and high‑performance systems, directly influencing the reliability and evolution of our products.

Beyond engineering delivery, you’ll act as a technical mentor, guiding, coaching, and supporting engineers across the team, helping to foster a culture of continual learning, modern engineering practices, and technical excellence.

You’ll work end‑to‑end across the software development lifecycle, from solution design and architecture through to development, deployment, and optimisation, all within a modern, AWS‑based environment.

Who are we looking for?

You’ll bring deep, hands‑on experience building Python-based services, ideally as part of a microservices architecture, with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Your commercial background should include designing and developing new APIs, maintaining and improving existing services, fixing complex bugs, and proposing robust engineering solutions that support both web and mobile applications.

You’ll be someone who uplifts your peers, able to collaborate effectively, share knowledge openly, and help drive the continual growth and maturity of the engineering team.

Experience working in an agile, iterative environment will ensure you integrate smoothly into our ways of working and help us continue to evolve our processes and product delivery.

We work in a modern technical environment, using tools such as Python, multiple AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDb, S3, API gateway), Docker, Jira, Github, Github Actions, Github CoPilot, CircleCI, PyCharm, Grafana, Postman.

This role may involve on‑call working on a rota basis (24/7).

To be successful in this role you may be required to pass an enhanced security vetting process.

Our employees, just like our customers come from all walks of life, and we’re fuelled in championing diversity, inspiring an inclusive culture, and enabling an environment where you can be your authentic self.

Benefits – available from day one!

• Bonus Scheme, made up of personal and company elements.
• Career progression, we’re an expanding organisation.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme, company contribution at 4% of your salary when you contribute 5%.
• Our Chandlers Ford office offers access to a free, fully equipped onsite gym, along with showers and changing facilities.
• The opportunity to win tickets to major outdoor events including, gigs and shows at arenas around the UK.
• We offer an EV car scheme. Qualifying terms and conditions apply.
• A health care scheme that includes dental, eye care, treatments, and diagnostics health consultations.
• Death in service – we pay three times your annual salary to your designated next of kin, giving them peace of mind should you sadly pass away during service.
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling support, legal and financial advice 24/7 365 days a year, as well as a GP line and Your Care.
• We also offer all our staff a paid volunteering day every year. Plus, the chance to be involved in various fund‑raising opportunities.

The Luxion Group comprises of the following companies – Luxion Group Ltd, Utilita Energy Ltd, Luxion Sales Ltd, Utilita Field Services Ltd, Procode Technology Ltd and Canary Care Global Ltd.