Python Software Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with Virgin Media to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

At Virgin Media, we’re building the next generation of intelligent digital services — and we need Software Engineers who are passionate about writing clean, scalable code and delivering real-world impact. We're reimagining how we use data by moving to the cloud and crafting smarter, faster, and more personalised experiences for our customers. As part of this journey, our Digital & Data team is hiring mid-level Python engineers to help bring ground breaking data products to life.

You’ll be working on impactful services such as dynamic pricing, personalisation APIs, and customer identity solutions. These are products at the heart of our digital journeys — backed by machine learning, supported by scalable APIs, and powered by cloud platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Build, test and deploy backend APIs that serve machine learning outputs and customer logic
• Productionise model training and scoring pipelines from data science notebooks
• Craft cloud-native data services using Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Collaborate remotely with engineers, analysts and data scientists via pair programming
• Contribute to agile development processes, including code reviews and unit testing
  
  

Who We Are

The UK’s fastest broadband network. The nation’s best-loved mobile brand. And, one of the UK's biggest companies too.

Diverse, high performing teams - jam packed with serious talent. Together, we offer the UK more choice and better value, through our boundary-pushing, customer-championing values and ambitions.

Together, we are Virgin Media O2, and we can't wait to see what you can do.

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all

Virgin Media O2 is an equal opportunities employer and we're working hard to remove bias and barriers for our people and candidates. So, we build equity and inclusion into everything we do, from the policies we craft to the relationships we shape. We support and encourage you to be your authentic self throughout your application journey with us.

The must haves

In order to be considered, you must have the following experience;

• Proven experience working with Python in a production environment
• Hands-on experience developing and supporting RESTful APIs
• Comfortable writing clean, testable, scalable code
• Understanding of software engineering best practices (version control, testing, CI/CD)
• Effective communication skills — able to collaborate in remote-first and agile teams
  
  

The Other Stuff We're Looking For

We'd also love you to bring;

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, or Kubernetes
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, unit testing frameworks, and agile methodologies
• Familiarity with machine learning services or data science collaboration (not essential to have a DS background)