Hive are a rapidly growing business providing online “Intelligent” Sales promotions to leading brands using our “proof of purchase” coding system. We’ve run many tactical promotions and long running loyalty programmes for well-known brands including Andrex, McVities, PG Tips, Cow & Gate, The Sun, Anchor, Lurpak and Jus-Rol.

We’re looking to expand our development team and are seeking a Python developer. This is an exciting and challenging role where you will enjoy working in a fast paced environment.

You will join our Application Development team working on refining and enhancing our Django based Promotional platform. We use established open source technologies and you’ll be involved in making improvements as well as developing new functionality in support of client projects.

Hive has a relaxed yet hard working atmosphere with great team spirit that achieves great results. We are looking for a creative and innovative person who is passionate about good coding.

 Working with us, you will be involved in:

• Writing new functionality for clients' projects
• Maintaining and upgrading the Hive platform and server infrastructure
• Providing technical support for the platform

 You should be able to demonstrate excellent programming and team working skills that will allow you to thrive in this environment. The ideal person will be able to show passion and enthusiasm for all aspects of web development.

You must have:

• First class Object Oriented programming skills
• Experience programming in Python
• Experience with Python Web frameworks
• Experience working with SQL databases and a good knowledge of SQL
• A working knowledge of Linux
• Experience using DVCS tools such as Git or Mercurial
• The ability to manage their own workload and prioritise appropriately
• The ability to work well in a team and provide support to colleagues as appropriate
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to converse with people at all levels, especially non-technical

 Nice but not essential:

• Experience working directly with clients and 3rd party suppliers
• Experience working for a small company

We’re about 40 strong and based in a purpose built office located on a working farm in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside close to Leicester, Nottingham and Loughborough. You’ll need your own transport, however we’ve plenty of parking spaces!