We are looking for a Senior Python Developer to join the team at Torchbox (https://torchbox.com/). You’ll be taking the lead on building a wide range of bespoke apps for our lovely, interesting clients - organisations like the NHS, the World Food Programme, Google, Médecins Sans Frontières. You'll be helping us improve Wagtail, our popular open source CMS.

To be successful in this role, you'll:

• Be an expert in Python and Django, as well as one or more supporting languages, technologies and frameworks: DRF, JS, Wagtail, React, Vue, Docker, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL.
• Be at expert-level in SQL, Linux command line and git.
• Be confident communicating with clients to elicit clearly defined requirements and convert these into robust technical architecture.
• Be able to proactively assist our clients with improvement and further development of their software.
• Be experienced in producing high-quality technical specifications, documentation and accurately estimating the time required for the build.
• Be confident in providing tests to support code, contributing to testing strategies and providing high-quality user training.
• Have experience producing high-quality code to budget, demonstrating commercial awareness.  
• Have the ability to operate as technical lead on projects.
• Be confident contributing to proposals and pitching successfully.
• Provide technical advice to the wider community.

We'd love you to have a current technical blog or an active Github profile. Maybe you're interested in Rust / Go / something we haven't heard of - tell us about it!

As well as the technical knowledge, you'll also:

• Remain up to date with state-of-the-art developments in your software field and share your knowledge with the wider team.
• Be confident keeping projects on track (time and budget) through strong personal project management skills, collaboration and supporting other team members.
• Support colleagues (teaching, coaching, line managing, mentoring, reviewing and improving code).

In return we'll offer:

• An opportunity to work on high profile projects for fantastic organisations making the world a better place.
• Performance-related bonuses.
• Conference allowance.
• 25 days annual leave.
• 5% Pension contributions in an ethical pension fund.
• Life Assurance, Health Scheme, childcare vouchers, Bike to Work scheme, flexible working and more.  

Torchbox is a Best Companies 3-star accredited employer.  Working in either our central Bristol office or our Oxfordshire office in the beautiful Cotswolds, we offer a flexible, friendly working environment, with a high-quality team; weekly lunches with your colleagues: BBQs in the summer, curries, pizzas and stews in the winter; great company social events and more.

Torchbox is an Equal Opportunities employer.

No agencies, please.