Aspire Technology
Senior Software Engineer

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We are currently working with a high-growth technology company operating at the intersection of AI, data and research, who are looking for an exceptional Senior Product Engineer to join their engineering team.
This is a genuinely product-focused engineering opportunity for someone who wants to have a direct influence on what gets built, why it gets built and how it ultimately delivers value to customers.
Python and Django are absolutely crucial to this role. We are specifically looking for an engineer with strong commercial experience across both, alongside a proven track record of building and evolving customer-facing products.
The role
You will work as part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional engineering team, working closely with Product Managers, Designers and other Engineers.
The role will involve taking ownership of problems from understanding customer needs through to designing, building, shipping and supporting solutions in production.
You will:
- Build and develop scalable products using Python and Django
- Develop robust APIs and backend services
- Contribute across the wider full-stack environment where required
- Work closely with Product and Design to understand customer requirements
- Translate user problems into well-designed technical solutions
- Take ownership of features throughout the full product lifecycle
- Make pragmatic technical decisions focused on customer and business value
- Support and improve production systems
- Contribute to technical direction and engineering best practices
- Challenge existing approaches and identify opportunities to improve the product
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What we're looking for
- Strong commercial experience with Python
- Strong hands-on experience with Django
- Experience with Django REST Framework
- Proven experience working in a Product Engineering / Product-led environment
- Strong full-stack engineering capability
- Experience building and maintaining modern web applications
- Strong JavaScript / TypeScript experience
- Experience working with APIs and databases
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing and production systems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Product mindset is key
The biggest differentiator for this role is product thinking.
We are not looking for someone who simply wants to receive tickets and implement requirements. We want an engineer who is comfortable asking why something is being built, understanding the underlying customer problem and working with Product and Design to determine the best solution.


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You should be comfortable taking an idea from problem → solution → build → production → iteration, with genuine ownership throughout.
Nice to have
Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:
- AWS / GCP
- Event-driven architecture
- NoSQL databases
- Kubernetes
- Celery
- Observability/ monitoring
- Platform or data infrastructure products
- AI / data-focused products
The opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a technically strong, product-led organisation where engineers have genuine influence over the direction of the platform.
The role comes with a strong base package, alongside a bonus and equity package, providing the opportunity to participate directly in the company's growth.
If you're a Senior Product Engineer with strong Python and Django experience, enjoy working closely with Product and Design, and want genuine ownership over the products you build, we'd be very interested in speaking with you.
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