Job Description

About us

We're Xelix, an AI-powered Control Centre for Accounts Payable teams. We work with some of the largest global companies to automate and enhance their financial control processes. At the heart of our product, we leverage machine learning techniques developed by our AI Engineering team to provide a more sophisticated offering than existing solutions.


Things are going really well for us - we raised our Series A funding round from top investors, we've grown our team to almost 100, and we've won industry awards for our products.

About the role

We're seeking Python developers to join our back-end development team. We are recruiting at various levels from Computer Science graduates to those with several years coding experience.


This is a varied and challenging programming role. Tasks could include writing code to manage incoming data, working with AI Engineers to analyse huge data sets, or writing Restful APIs in Django to support the React front end.


Our ideal candidate takes pride in their work - producing clean, tested, beautiful code. Rather than give you a detailed set of requirements, we encourage engineers to take responsibility for solving the problem. There are many opportunities to innovate as you collaborate with stakeholders to design and implement new features.


You will be well supported to continue your professional development. This includes an annual conference allowance, a budget for books and a monthly session with your manager to identify and track your learning goals.


As Xelix continues to grow opportunities for you to develop your career becoming a Team Lead, Project Lead or Staff Engineer could be available to the right candidate.

What you'll be doing

Implementing robust and scalable solutions in Python. Developing, using and designing REST APIs to efficiently deliver application components. Implementing performance improvement strategies. Ensuring the quality of code by writing comprehensive tests and participating in code reviews.

What you'll bring

Python coding professional experience Familiarity with coding in Python, Django and the Django Rest Framework Ability to learn and apply new technology quickly Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to team members and stakeholders.

Desirable:

Degree in Computer Science (or similar), at 2:1 or above Amazon Web Services SQL / PostgreSQL Build pipeline and CI with GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform

What we offer in return

Competitive salary of 55,000 - 70,000 depending on experience


? 27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing), with the option to roll over 3 days


Hybrid working with two days a week from our dog-friendly Hoxton office and on-site gym


Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality


Enhanced parental leave pay


Learning & development culture - 500 personal annual budget


We're carbon-neutral and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals


Lots of team socials & activities


? Annual team retreat

Want to learn more?

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We believe that people from diverse backgrounds, with different identities and experiences make our company and product better. No matter your background, we'd love to hear from you! And if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you - we're happy to accommodate!


If you're a recruiting agency - we have an existing list of agencies we work with and we are not currently planning on expanding the list. Neither the Talent team nor hiring managers or the Support team will respond to cold outreach.


This is a full-time position, with standard working hours from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday.