Senior Python Developer, Sova
£65-70k
Talent assessment platform
Job no longer available
Talent assessment platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£65-70k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To break the status quo & disrupt the world of assessment.
Role
Who you are
- Solid hands-on experience as a Python Developer (4+ years)
- Worked with Python 3
- Experience with Python frameworks (ideally Django and Django Rest Framework)
- Familiarity with JSON-based REST APIs
- An understanding of databases and SQL
- Knowledge of JavaScript
- Experience in developing and delivering scalable applications
- Strong communication skills to team members and clients
- A BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- Participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Building efficient server-side applications and features in Python 3 and Django
- Integrating front-end components into applications
- Helping design and implement functional requirements
- Manage testing and bug fixes
- Preparing technical documentation
- Collaborating with Product Owners and UX/UI designers to implement design into the code
- Checking code from other developers and help to coach junior team members
- Implementing software enhancements and suggest improvements
- Mentoring junior developers
Our take
In recent years, there have been dramatic overhauls in the world of work, especially in areas like recruitment and teambuilding. The struggle to recruit and retain the right talent has grown, and the nature of work itself has been modified with the pivot to hybrid teams and the rising prominence of new skillset's. Sova is a recruitment tech platform looking to offer HR teams some support.
The platform develops mobile-friendly psychometric assessments to help hiring happen faster, with greater accuracy, and with less bias. It supports situational judgement and cognitive tests, alongside video interviews and digital assessment centres, and wraps all this up in a unified data layer that boosts visibility and integration with existing HR tools.
Startups like TestGorilla, eSkill, and The Predictive Index all offer similar capabilities, and are also benefiting from the upswing in HR department funding. Sova, however, boasts a broad and impressive client roster that includes Santander, Pfizer, and Vodafone. This will give the company a strong springboard as it develops into the world’s largest HR tech market: North America.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2022
$8.8m
SERIES A
Nov 2020
$4m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $12.8m
Company benefits
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Workplace pension after 3 month probation (3%+5% contributions)
- Private medical cover after probation
- Employee assistance programme
- L&D programme
- Remote First (UK)
Company HQ
Marylebone, London, UK
Leadership
Darren Jaffrey
(CEO)Previously CCO at Sova, a General Manager at HireVue, CEO of Onalytica, General Manager at Clarabridge and Senior Vice President at Taleo.
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