Full Stack Developer

About [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]

We are is one of the UK’s most trusted providers of independent financial information, ratings and market intelligence, helping consumers, advisers and financial institutions make smarter financial decisions. We maintain the UK’s largest financial product database and deliver expert, unbiased product ratings - including our industry‑recognised Star Ratings - which assess product quality across insurance, banking, investments, pensions and more.

A key role to help shape the future of a successful insurance fin tech product, part of the wider [Employer hidden] software division.

Comparison Creator is part of [Employer hidden] which is one of the UK’s most trusted sources of financial product and market intelligence.

We're looking for an individual contributing developer to work on across our products supplying key finance tech to well-known insurance and price comparison brands. The role will be focussed on Python, Django, SQL and React across the full stack.

Role Overview:The successful candidate will work closely with the IT Development Manager, and other team members, building industry-leading products, enhancing product architecture, and improving team standards and practices.

This role would suit a full-stack Python/Django developer looking for a hands-on role, with a mix of product development and application support.

What are we looking for in our newest team member?

• This is a dev role so you’ll be up to speed on the technologies we’ve listed and with a genuine interest in expanding your skill set and getting involved in helping to drive the business forward
• We’re a small team – that might mean getting involved in other things other than coding.  Be that assisting in business analysis, getting involved in client calls and meetings or being on the social committee for [Employer hidden]!  We want you to have chance to get involved in things beyond your core role that you find interesting
• We work in agile (KanBan), our toolset is Azure DevOps / Azure and you’ll get the choice of a laptop or mac book when you join

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications using Python, Django and related technologies.
• Application Support development.
• Collaborate with the business, to translate business, stakeholder and user needs into deliverable artefacts.
• Identify and implement solutions to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Review code written by other team members to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and quality guidelines.
• Write code that is easily testable and add unit tests to ensure acceptance criteria is achieved.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve software defects.
• Collaborate with the team, and wider business, to improve support and development processes, code quality, and overall team efficiency.
• Work closely with the business, stakeholders, and clients to understand requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure successful project delivery.
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in Python and related technologies.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and propose new ideas and solutions.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues and provide support to end-users.
• Collaborate with the operations and IT teams to ensure smooth deployment and maintenance of applications.
• Maintain dev-ops pipelines in Azure Pipelines and create new pipelines when delivering new products.

What you'll need to succeed:

Essential Experience

• At least 2 years’ development experience with Python.
• Strong SQL experience, preferably MySQL or PostgresSQL.
• Front-end experience with HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
• A good understanding of software development principles, software design patterns, and best practices.

Advantageous Technical skills

• Experience with Django
• Experience and understanding of service architectures, such as micro service architecture / composable architectures.
• Experience of API design and implementation

Your approach to work

• You should be ambitious, with a desire to make the role your own.
• The ideal candidate will be proud of the work they do, creating high quality applications and writing elegant code.
• You will be the go-to person for team members looking to develop their skills, providing mentorship, and demonstrating what good looks like.
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and excellent communication abilities are essential.
• Able to prioritise and manage tasks and time.

Important to know:

Location:

The office for the Comparison Creator business is in Cwmbran, South Wales. Our team usually work from the office 2 days a week on Monday and Wednesday – that’s the sort of working pattern we’d be looking for from you if you live near enough to the office. 

We will also consider fully remote applicants who we’d expect to meet with the whole team once or twice a month either in Cwmbran, London or Haddenham (that’s our [Employer hidden] HQ).  If you get this far and like the sound of everything above then we can talk about working patterns when we meet to discuss the role in more detail. 

Right to Work:

Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions and without the need for future sponsorship. We are unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.