- Professional
- Optionales Büro in London
About Us
Huguenots generates highly personalised solutions for fund management clients of all sizes, from start-up boutiques to global asset management firms, using our in-house investment reporting platform. All clients are assured of the attention to detail, effortless customisation and peace of mind that are hallmarks of a solution crafted by Huguenots. The solutions we deliver are business critical and highly visible, delivering key information to investors worldwide. On a personal level, we are a close-knit team of 30 talented individuals, who thrive on collaboration and enjoy one another’s company.
About the Role
Join the Software Engineering team, where you will play a crucial role in developing, enhancing, and – in the long term – transforming our investment reporting platform, Serpentine – a web application written using Python and Django. Serpentine tackles the challenges of managing large, dynamic and multilingual client websites, as well as publishing complex investment reports.
We are at a pivotal stage in the development of our business, with plans to develop a new suite of products. This is an exciting opportunity to take the helm of new projects, from the research and planning stage through to final deployment.
Requirements
You will:
- Lead the maintenance, extension and feature development across all facets of our software’s backend, with the opportunity to work on all layers of the application, including AWS infrastructure.
- Architect and implement new software solutions, leading the overall structural design and fostering engineering best practice within a small team.
- Collaborate closely with our design, front-end, and client-facing teams.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to Huguenots’ growing backend team.
You should have:
- Mastery of the full product development life cycle.
- 10+ years’ experience in professional Python development, with at least 5 years of experience working with Django specifically.
- Proven experience tackling and, where necessary delegating, large, complex tasks, whilst maintaining a keen eye for detail.
- A confident and positive communication style with an ability to guide and inspire more junior team members.
Benefits
- Best-in-class medical/dental insurance
- Worldwide travel insurance
- Beautiful office in Bank
- Freshly ground coffee from Monmouth Coffee Co.
- Free organic fruit
- Cycle to work scheme
- Regular company social events
