Python Full Stack Engineer

This role will focus on the technical processes related to software development and will assist in maintaining the high quality of new software systems. This role will focus on ensuring the software project security and work to keep new technology by utilization of new tools and trends.

Perform Python/Node development within a AWS serverless architecture: backend code (business model code data access flows) unit test code test scripts and HTML/JavaScript frontend code

Write effective APIs contracts and API implementations

Participating in the design and creation of scalable software

Work as part of a development team in a fastmoving environment with new iterations every two weeks communicating with Customers Project Managers Business Analysts Testers and other team members

Participate in regular team reviews assessing each others performance and helping to implement continuous improvement activities

Apply design coding and documentation standards and write technical documentation

Diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues

Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing ones

Ensure code quality with a comprehensive unit and functional test coverage.

Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

What are we looking for

5 to 8 years of software development experience

Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role

Knowledge of frontend JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular React Next.js Node.js)

Knowledge of backend development with Python and Node

Familiarity with databases (e.g. PostgreSQL Athena) and UI/UX design

Work with messaging based frameworks (e.g AWS SQS SNS)

Strong AWS serverless framework knowledge (e.g. Lambda Api Gateway)

Knowledge of Terraform including creating IaC deployment and testing.

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management (Git Gitflow) build processes (Maven) testing and operations.

Experience debugging and performance tuning applications and services

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

An analytical mind and Great attention to detail

What might also help

Working experience with DevSecOps automation releases CI/CD pipelines would be an added advantage

TDD Open API standards

Experience in the payment industry

Cloud based certifications

Working experience writing programmatic compliance checks (e.g automating PCIDSS technical controls or similar)