Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Python
£130000 - £180000 + equity
Remote
Marketplace Application
We are a retained search firm seeking a Senior or Staff Python Engineer for a profitable, bootstrapped e-marketplace startup. What this company have achieved with minimal headcount and retention of work-life balance is fantastic. You'll work on core backend systems in Python and Django, supporting scheduling, payments, infrastructure, and internal tooling.
We’re looking for someone with experience in medium to large-scale production systems who thrives on improving platform stability, scaling APIs, and collaborating closely with product and engineering. Small, senior team. Remote-first. Big ownership. High impact.
The Role
You’ll work with Django, Python, and Postgres in production, modernising, scaling, and shaping the platform's evolution alongside product and engineering leadership. You will own projects from whiteboard to production.
What You'll Do
* Build and maintain scalable backend services using Python, Django, and Postgres
* Improve the performance, security, and reliability of the platform
* Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and design teams
* Help evolve our CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure (Docker, GitHub Actions, etc)
* Shape best practices for clean migrations, feature flags, testing, and logging
* Support a high-volume platform with critical uptime demands
Who You Are
* 8+ years of experience with medium-to-large scale production Python services (ideally Django)
* You've worked in product-focused tech companies and shipped backend systems to support real users
* Strong understanding of HTTP APIs, relational databases, and system design
* Experience with CI/CD
* Excited by improving older codebases, not just building greenfield
* Comfortable working independently with ownership and minimal oversight
* Bonus points for experience in platform or infrastructure teams, especially around payments or data pipelines
Why Join
* Bootstrapped and profitable with 5% month-over-month growth
* All-senior engineering team with little process and high autonomy
* Big opportunity to define platform direction and make your mark
* Remote-first and flexible (work hours between UTC+1 and UTC-5)
* Competitive salary, results-first culture, and a strong emphasis on work-life balance
Interview Process
No whiteboard questions. No trick puzzles. Just real conversations with people who care about code, collaboration, and reliability.
Want to work on core systems with real usage and impact? Let’s talk.