Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pitchup.com is the leading website for outdoor holidays, making it easy to book camping, glamping and caravan sites all over the world. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to modernize and enhance their back-end development using Python and Django, while also exploring event-driven architecture.
Responsibilities
- Adding features to our current customer and campsite-focussed sites using Python
- Working with team members and our Product Owner to scope and implement backend features in our existing codebase
- Suggesting and implementing changes to the back-end architecture of our sites as we decompose our monolith
- Playing an important role in the improvement of our development practices
Skills
- Able to demonstrate at least 5 - 7 years of experience as a Backend developer, ideally within a scaling business
- Demonstrable proficiency in Python and a strong understanding of software architecture, microservices and ideally event-driven architecture
- An appreciation of the challenges regarding building adaptive and responsive websites
- You are able to solve problems in a structured way
- You are able to communicate technical concepts in a lucid, structured fashion to colleagues
- Team player, self-motivated, able to plan and prioritise effectively
- Experience of working as part of an Agile development team
- Have relevant knowledge of the OTA sector
- Have experience of continuous delivery and/or feature flags
- Have an understanding of SOLID principles
- Are up-to-speed with modern backend development and have an appreciation for the pros and cons of ideas like event sourcing, branch-by-abstraction or BDD
- Have experience of working with both internal and third-party APIs
- Have a degree in a related discipline
Benefits
- £500 to spend annually on learning & development at Udemy and whatever software you need
- Choice of technology
- Work-from-home office equipment allowance
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Pension matched to 4%
- Private healthcare
- Life insurance
- Critical illness cover and income protection - for peace of mind
- Discounts including: gym memberships, sports equipment, Caffe Nero, Odeon cinema and various hotel and retail outlets
- Great staff discounts on Pitchup bookings across thousands of properties in 70 countries
- Employee assistance helpline, in case you ever need someone to talk to, with access to get-fit programmes, nutrition advice, financial and legal advice and counselling
- Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- All working from home, as we are a 100% remote business
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