ASOS Hiring for Senior Python Software Engineer – Data Science & AI Job at London, England Full Time

We’re ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

As a Senior python engineer you will be part of a team of engineers and working closely with Data Scientists. Your team will be designing and building cloud-scale Services and API’s within the AI & Data Science platform at ASOS.

• You will be working in aspects of development – design, development, build, development, monitoring, and operations.
• You will work collaboratively with your lead python engineer to ensure the technical requirements of our product managers and stakeholders are met in the most efficient way.
• You will be continually developing and improving our code and technology, taking an active role in the conception of brand-new features for our millions of global customers. You will take part in regular Tech Develops days to learn new things, take part in internal and external hackathons, and share your knowledge and help drive improvements in engineering.
• You will be mentoring and coaching junior members of the team, supporting their technical progress. You will research and experiment with emerging data technologies and industry trends, with a view to brining business value through early adoption.

• You will have strong programming knowledge, with a high degree of proficiency in Python, and familiarity with python libraries such as Pandas and NumPy, as well as having broad and deep knowledge of software delivery lifecycles and CI/CD toolsets, such as Azure DevOps, Ansible etc.
• You will have a working knowledge with tools and practices available and appropriate to each phase of the software delivery process, such as TDD, BDD, Integration Testing and Performance Testing.
• You will have experience and be comfortable working within cloud-based development and delivery platform, ideally Microsoft Azure.
• You will have experience working with relational and non-relational database technologies, as well as exposure to a microservices architecture and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• You thrive in working in a cross-functional platform, including scientists, engineers, and non-technical stakeholders. You are approachable, collaborative and you actively nurture a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• You pride yourself on your engineering practices and will be comfortable providing technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to more junior team members. You will contribute to wider engineering initiatives across ASOS.

Additional Information

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary, pension, and private medical care scheme
• Performance related bonus
• Flex benefits allowance – which you can chose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra day for your birthday
• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Tech Develops – our internal tech focussed skills development programme to focus on your personal growth as a technologist
• Opportunity to represent ASOS at industry leading events
• Opportunity to help shape and drive our DE&I initiatives in Tech (like our WIT movement and Diversity mentoring in Tech)
• Opportunity to make an impact from day one and work with the latest in cutting edge of technology

The ASOS Way

We do things a certain way – The ASOS Way. It is in our DNA and runs through everything we do. It defines who we are, what we do and how we do it. Some things change – these don’t.

Our data science team is highly innovative. We partner with some of the best universities in the world, and for us, innovation matters.

Passionate

• We are proud to be a part of ASOS. We always give our best and we celebrate our successes.

Customer Obsessed

• We know our customers love fashion and we understand what they want. We know our stuff inside and out and we put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Restlessly Innovative

• We never stand still. We give it a go and we are brave.

Collaborative and Respectful

• We work together to get the job done. We grow ideas from within. We make things happen and we do the right thing.
• People are the future of our business, and we have really big ideas. We know we need people who can turn these ideas into reality – it’s our people that make the difference.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how’re we doing it?

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

There are safe space employee networks and we host a monthly DEI events series to help support and celebrate all of our people. We are constantly listening to our people, evolving, changing and taking a flexible approach to how we make ASOS truly inclusive.