Senior Developer - Python

Fitch Learning is currently seeking a Senior Python Developer based out of our London office. Fitch Learning is a leader in financial services training, delivering learning solutions for apprentices, graduates, and those with 10+ years’ experience in Financial Services. Our offerings include expert faculty, e-learning, coaching, and blended assessments, improving individual and collective business performance.

Working at Fitch Learning provides the opportunity to be part of a global leader in financial education, committed to delivering cutting-edge training solutions. You'll collaborate with a team of experts dedicated to empowering professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the finance industry. By joining us, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation in professional education, contributing to impactful learning experiences that drive career advancement and industry success.

About the Team

Our Python team uses modern CI/CD practices and is backed by developer operations and a fantastic project ownership team. We strive to recruit top talent who can fit in and be part of the friendly, collaborative and social dynamic of our team. We value critical thinking, problem-solving, well-thought-out design, and enjoy building features that empower our business. As an education company, we believe in continuous learning and development, and we encourage a culture accepting of new ideas and technologies. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week at our central London office.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Work within an Agile team to design, develop, and maintain our LMS
• Apply sound software design patterns and industry standard conventions
• Design, build, and optimise database systems to support the above applications and services
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Help finalise our migration to Python 3
• Build client and management reports and tools
• Collaborate with developers in other teams to achieve our products’ goals
• Work with our team contributing to our Agile processes
• Maintain high-quality code following best practices and documentation as needed
• Support our global user-base of customers and staff
• Evaluate feasibility and recommend technical solutions
• Contribute to the evolution of the developer tool-set and related technologies

You May be a Good Fit if:

• Strong development experience with modern Python coding standards
• Good understanding of Django, PostgreSQL & Python 3
• Excellent analysis and design/architecture skills
• Ability to capture obscure business requirements, model complex workflows, break down and implement large features as well as reverse engineer when needed
• High awareness of how design and implementation choices impact extensibility, maintainability, performance, scalability, and security
• Experience integrating systems using web services, especially REST APIs
• Strong attention to code quality and readability
• Understanding of code branching and feature workflows with Git
• Good knowledge of HTML 4 and 5
• Understanding of CSS cascading, specificity, inheritance, floating and positioning
• Experience with unit and functional testing
• Knowledge of application containerization with Docker
• Excellent problem-solving skills

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Deployment CI/CD concepts and tools
• Familiarity with cloud architecture and deployment, especially on AWS
• Good front end skills

Why Choose Fitch:

• Hybrid Work Environment: 2 to 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work. Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.