About us.

Technology that transforms the way organisations protect people and the planet for future generations.

Workplace safety is a fundamental part of our DNA, and we take pride in ensuring that we make a positive impact on the lives of others.

By developing leading software solutions that safeguard people and the environment, we are positively impacting the world. Leveraging data and technology to drive a modern culture of health and safety compliance and sustainability.

If you’re interested in positively impacting the lives of others and being a part of a rapidly growing global organization, we hope you’ll consider joining us!

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About the Role 

As the technical leader, you will provide hands-on guidance, drive the technical roadmap, and mentor a growing team to deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software. This role demands a deep understanding of Python, Django, clean architecture principles, and the ability to design and manage data-intensive applications.

Responsibilities 

•Manage and mentor a team of Python / Front End software engineers, promoting  best practices in coding, testing, and architecture.

•Establish a high-performing, collaborative, and supportive team culture.

•Drive the team to meet project deadlines and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
•Lead the design, development, and maintenance of Python-based SaaS applications using Django.
•Architect, implement, and maintain clean and scalable codebases using clean architecture principles and modern design patterns.
•Oversee the decomposition of monolithic applications, ensuring seamless integrations.
•Manage and optimize databases, data pipelines and workflows for data-intensive applications.
• Oversee development and maintenance of customer facing analytics for business intelligence
  •Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  •Contribute to and review technical designs, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical best practices.
  •Implement DevOps practices on AWS, managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
  •Write, review, and optimize code to ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  •Actively contribute to complex problem-solving and support developers in troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• Python Expertise:
  • 6+ years of hands-on Python development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
  • Advanced knowledge of the Django framework and its ecosystem.
• Clean Architecture / Application level:
  • Proven experience implementing and enforcing clean architecture principles and design patterns.
  • Experience decomposing monolithic applications into modular, scalable microservices.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures or message queues like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Data Management:
  • Strong experience with relational databases including PostgreSQL, including designing schemas, query optimization, and handling large datasets.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain data pipelines for data-intensive applications.
  • Experience transforming and serving data to business intelligence analytics solutions, using for example Redshift or similar technologies.
• AWS & DevOps:
  • Solid understanding of AWS cloud services.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

• Preferred Skills:
  • Familiarity with other backend frameworks or languages (e.g., Flask, FastAPI).
  • Familiarity with front-end technologies to support cross-functional collaboration.
  • Knowledge of SCRUM methodology and its operation

What We Offer:

EcoOnline has a flexible workplace policy that allows you to work on a hybrid remote basis, both from home and in the office. We want you to be able to do your best work no matter where you are. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work, and we believe that if you look after your people, they look after everything else! 

Our Values:

Personal Health & well-being:

• 25 days holiday (1 day extra per year of service up to total of 30 days)
• Flexi time system (at managers discretion)
• Pension (4% ER contribution / 5% EE contribution)
• Group Income Protection (70% of base salary, until state pension age)
• Group Life Cover (3 x basic salary)
• Private Health Care (BUPA)
• Work Phone and Broadband (depending on role)
• Parental Leave / Adoption Leave/Time off for Antenatal Care

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the qualifications?

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we consider applications that might not meet all the criteria but have the aptitude and capability. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

EcoOnline is proudly an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

Celebrating differences is part of our DNA as is diversity drives innovation.

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