Spencer & Trent Recruitment is working with a reputable FinTech company seeking a talented individual to design, implement, and maintain their content management system (CMS) and customer-facing digital products. You will be working from the central London office 1 days a week and 4 days remotely. 

Duties include: 

• Design and implement systems and software in line with requirements, using appropriate tools and methodologies
• Champion the development of high-quality code through best practices such as test-driven development, pair programming, and code reviews
• Take ownership of the technical delivery across all stages of the software development lifecycle, including testing — ensuring the solution meets required standards for security, performance, and safety
• Proactively suggest enhancements to the codebase, development processes, tooling, and ways of working
• Foster innovation by identifying, evaluating, and adopting emerging technologies
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of robust APIs, ideally following the OpenAPI Specification to support scalable, secure integrations across platforms. 

Experience needed: 

• Able to demonstrate commercial software development experience. 
• Practical experience in system design, development, testing and operational stability. 
• Deep knowledge and experience in Python and its ecosystem, patterns and pitfalls. 
• Experience writing and consuming RESTful APIs in Python. 
• Experience applying continuous delivery, test driven development and pair programming. 
• Experience of working in an agile environment and an understanding of Scrum principles in particular. 
• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch). 

Salary and Benefits: 

• £60,000 – £65,000 DOE 
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays  
• Monday to Friday – 40 hours per week 
• Statutory Pension 
• Excellent working environment and team 
• Flexible working hours / hybrid options  

For further details on this new and exciting opportunity, please apply today  

At Spencer & Trent, we value diversity and are committed to promoting equality. We want to assure you that the language used in this advert is not intended to exclude or discriminate against anyone, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We warmly welcome applications from all parts of society and are happy to discuss any adjustments or additional support you might need throughout the application process. 

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact applicants successful in being shortlisted. If you do not hear within 7 days, you have unfortunately not been successful on this occasion. However, your application for this or any further roles may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes. 

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