Trafalgar House Pensions Administration
Full Stack Developer
Greater London
Posted about 21 hours ago
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Main purpose of the role
The Full Stack Developer will design, develop, and support modern web applications and internal digital platforms that improve automation, efficiency, and user experience across the business. The role focuses on Python and Django development, contributing across the full technology stack including front-end development, APIs, integrations, databases, testing, and cloud deployment practices.
Key Responsibilities
Agile Product Delivery
- Work within Agile delivery squads, contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release planning.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable software solutions.
- Deliver regular software increments aligned to sprint, release, and business objectives.
- Collaborate across product teams and support continuous feedback and improvement.
Full Stack Application Development
- Design, develop, and maintain modern web applications using Python and Django.
- Build scalable RESTful APIs, backend services, and responsive front-end interfaces using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and relevant frameworks.
- Create reusable components and shared development patterns across applications.
- Ensure applications are secure, performant, maintainable, and scalable.
Django & Python Engineering
- Develop and maintain Django-based applications, services, database models, queries, and application logic.
- Build integrations with third-party systems, APIs, internal platforms, and data services.
- Create automation tools, workflow solutions, and operational utilities using Python.
- Write clean, well-structured, maintainable code and support ongoing application enhancement.
API & Integration Development
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- Build, maintain, and document secure APIs and integration services.
- Support data exchange, automation workflows, operational reporting, and integration with internal and third-party systems.
Front-End Development
- Develop intuitive, responsive user interfaces for operational and business users.
- Improve usability, accessibility, user experience, cross-browser compatibility, and responsive design.
Software Quality & Testing
- Develop automated unit, integration, and regression tests.
- Participate in peer reviews, troubleshoot defects, and support root cause analysis.
- Improve application reliability and reduce repeat issues through quality-focused engineering practices.
DevOps & CI/CD Collaboration
- Work with DevOps engineers to support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, containerisation, and cloud deployment activities.
- Ensure applications are deployment-ready and aligned to engineering, release management, and version control standards.
Security, Risk & Compliance
- Develop applications in line with secure coding principles and internal governance requirements.
- Support authentication, authorisation, role-based access, secure APIs, audit logging, and dependency management.
- Support audit, risk, compliance, and operational review activities where required.
Observability & Support
- Support monitoring, logging, application health visibility, and production issue resolution.
- Improve platform stability, resilience, and supportability through continuous improvement activity.
Stakeholder Management
- Work with stakeholders to understand operational challenges and translate technical concepts into clear business language.
- Build effective relationships across technology and operational teams, providing clear updates on progress, risks, and timelines.
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Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve automation, development efficiency, software quality, and coding consistency.
- Support modern engineering practices, reusable standards, and legacy application modernisation.
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or Python/Django Developer in complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with Python, Django, web application architecture, REST APIs, and integration patterns.
- Experience developing responsive front-end applications using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and frameworks such as React, Vue.js, or Angular.
- Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
- Experience working in Agile teams, using Git-based source control and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Docker, containerised environments, and cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS desirable.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Desirable
- Experience within pensions administration, insurance, or regulated financial services.
- Knowledge of pension administration systems, operational workflows, and internal platform development.
- Exposure to DevOps, cloud-native engineering, legacy modernisation, Kubernetes, Terraform, or infrastructure automation.
Personal qualities
- Delivery focused, proactive, and highly organised.
- Collaborative, pragmatic, and comfortable working in evolving environments.
- Strong ownership mindset, communication skills, and commitment to continuous improvement.
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Skills
Python
Django
REST APIs
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Agile
Git
SQL Server
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Docker
Cloud Platforms
DevOps
Kubernetes
Terraform