Python Developer
Your Role: Python Developer
We’re looking for a talented and adaptable Python Developer to join our established development team, working on high-impact digital products used by over 30 million people each month. You’ll help build and scale the APIs, web services, and internal systems that power Global Player, our public-facing radio websites, and a wide range of connected platforms. This is a hands-on role for someone passionate about clean code, collaboration, and continuously learning new technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be working on web services that drive Global Player and our public-facing radio websites. You’ll be working on a suite of digital products that attracts over 30 million unique visitors a month!
- APIs and tools that drive our mobile apps, and other devices such as Alexa and Google Home.
- Internal editorial and content systems that feed all our public-facing products.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: Getting to work on some outstanding products that get used by over 30 million people.
Own It: Be a multi-skilled developer who is happy to step out of their comfort zone and learn new technologies.
Keep it Simple: Work in a team that is a fun, creative and satisfying place for developers to work.
Better Together: Work in a team where we believe in code reviews, paired programming, continuous integration, hack time and investing in developers to make them better.
What Success Looks Like
In the first few months, you’ll have:
- Contributed to delivering phenomenal solutions for delivering the latest innovations to our digital products.
- Proven a collaborative approach to delivering solutions.
- Shown passion to learn new things and to share knowledge with others.
- Followed sound architectural and software engineering principles in your solutions.
What you will need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
- A multi-skilled developer who is happy to step out of their comfort zone and learn new technologies.
- Strong commercial development experience using Python.
- A strong grasp of OOP fundamentals and RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with VCS, preferably Git.
- Experience working in a sociable, cross-functional team.
- A dedication to testing – experience of writing and maintaining unit tests; mocking frameworks and an enthusiasm for test-driven development.
- Experience working with relational database systems and ORM frameworks.
- Understanding the importance of Continuous Integration.
Bonus points if you tick any of the following boxes...
- Experience working with Django, Sanic or Litestar.
- Experience with GraphQL.
- Experience with asyncio.
- Experience with modern Python typing and tooling.
- Experience scaling web systems to cope with millions of users.
- Experience of agile practices.
- Experience with using Docker in your development process.
- Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with ElasticSearch, OpenSearch or other Lucene-based search servers.
Skills Required
- Commercial development experience using Python
- Strong grasp of OOP fundamentals and RESTful APIs
- Familiarity with version control systems (preferably Git)
- Experience writing and maintaining unit tests; familiarity with mocking frameworks; enthusiasm for TDD
- Experience working with relational databases and ORM frameworks
- Understanding the importance of Continuous Integration
- Experience working in a sociable, cross-functional team
- Willingness to learn new technologies and step out of comfort zone
- Experience working with Django, Sanic or Litestar
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with asyncio
- Experience with modern Python typing and tooling
- Experience scaling web systems to cope with millions of users
- Experience of agile practices
- Experience using Docker in development
- Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch or other Lucene-based search servers
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
