Developer in Wokingham, United Kingdom

Mid-Level Django Developer

Salary: £45,000 per annum
Location: Fully Remote - occasional travel to the Reading/Wokingham area
Job Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mid-Level Django Developer to join the engineering team of an established and forward-thinking organisation.

This is a fully remote position, with occasional travel to the company's head office in the Reading/Wokingham area when required.

The successful candidate will play an active role in developing and maintaining robust, scalable backend systems, building APIs and services using Django and Django REST Framework. You will work collaboratively with other developers while having the opportunity to take ownership of defined development tasks and continue to grow your technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs using Django and Django REST Framework (DRF)

• Develop efficient and well-structured PostgreSQL queries

• Manage database schema changes, including migrations, indexing and performance tuning

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs

• Participate in code reviews and follow established security and quality standards

• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate APIs and ensure smooth data flow

• Debug and resolve issues across the technology stack

• Investigate performance bottlenecks and data integrity issues

• Contribute to technical documentation and internal process improvements

• Work within CI/CD pipelines and Git-based version control workflows

• Write maintainable, testable code and contribute to unit testing

• Work within appropriate security, quality and data protection standards

Essential Experience

The successful Mid-Level Django Developer will ideally have:

• 3+ years' professional experience with Django or a similar Python web framework

• Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL, including query optimisation, indexing and schema design

• Hands-on experience with Django REST Framework (DRF)

• Experience building and working with RESTful APIs

• Experience with Git-based version control and collaborative development

• Familiarity with unit testing and writing maintainable, testable code

• Understanding of basic web application security best practices

• Experience working within Linux-based development or deployment environments

Desirable Experience

The following would be advantageous:

• Docker and containerised deployments

• AWS services, particularly RDS, EC2 and WAF

• Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible

• Frontend frameworks or JavaScript-heavy features

• CI/CD tooling such as Bitbucket Pipelines or GitHub Actions

• Experience working with JSON-based data structures, rule engines or configurable logic

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a developer who is comfortable working independently on defined tasks and is keen to continue developing their technical ownership.

You'll need to be a strong team player, comfortable contributing to technical discussions, collaborating with other developers and taking responsibility for delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions.

Working Arrangements

• Fully remote role

• Occasional attendance at the head office in the Reading area

• Permanent position

• Salary of £45,000 per annum

If you're an experienced Django Developer / Python Developer looking for a fully remote permanent opportunity where you can take ownership of your work and continue developing your technical career, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Apply now for further information.

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