Python Developer

London, England, United Kingdom

5/21/2025

Accepting Applications Until

27 June 2025

Job Description

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to Lead Python Developer

Overview of job

We're looking for a multi-skilled, adaptable developer with a passion for high quality code to join our established development team.

3 best things about the job

• Getting to work on some outstanding products that get used by over 30 million people.
• Work in a team that this is a fun, creative and satisfying place for developers to work.
• Work in a team where we believe in code reviews, paired programming, continuous integration, hack time and investing in developers to make them better.
  
  

Measures of success – In the first few months, you would 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.
  
  

Responsibilities of the role

• 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 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 of the importance of Continuous Integration.
  
  

Bonus points if you tick any of the following boxes...

• Experience working with Django, Flask or Sanic.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience with asyncio.
• 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 or other Lucene-based search servers
  
  

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email [email protected]