Python Developer

Accepting applications until: 10 July 2026

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Experience working with Django, Sanic or Litestar.
• Experience with Graph
  
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• 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 Elastic Search, Open Search or other Lucene-based search servers.