Skin + Me
Technology
BackendEngineer(Python)
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“Backend Engineer (Python) at Skin + Me. Skills: Python, Backend services, API development. Build services behind journey. Develop APIs”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3-6 years building software, Backend services and APIs in Python, Data modelling, API design, Testing instinct, React changes when needed, Python and relational databases, Clear communication
Nice to Have
Exposure to AWS/Docker, Skill with AI agentic tools
What You'll Do.
Build services behind journey
Ship backend features
Keep features correct
Keep features healthy
Write well-tested code
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Senior engineers; Product; Clinical; Operations
Communication Scope
Explaining decisions crisply
Full Job Description
London, UK · Hybrid (3 days in our Paddington HQ: Mon, Tue, Fri) · Stack: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, MySQL, AWS (React on the frontend) In 2018 we set out to solve a problem millions of people faced: not just struggling with their skin, but struggling to navigate skincare at all. We combined dermatology, pharmacy and technology into something simpler and genuinely personalised, and proved expert-led care could reach people who'd never had access to it. Today, +Me is the company behind **Skin + Me, Hair + Me and Renew + Me** , with more on the horizon. We're not building a single brand. We're building a category. We've delivered millions of treatments, we're profitable and growing fast, and we're expanding the engineering team to match. ### What you'll build You’ll join the team behind our core commerce and clinical journey: the ecom stack, consultation engine, patient and prescription systems, and order generation. This is where customers discover us, complete a clinical consultation, subscribe, and receive their personalised treatment, at real consumer scale. On our Python and React stack, that's the storefront behind Skin + Me and Hair + Me, our flagship brands serving customers at scale. We're hiring a Backend Engineer to go deep on the server side of this system in our Python / Flask stack: the APIs, data models and services behind consultations, prescriptions and orders. You'll learn fast alongside experienced engineers who'll back your growth, and you'll be comfortable making frontend (React) changes when a feature needs it, but backend is your craft. ### What you'll do * **Build the services behind the journey:** APIs, data models and services powering consultations, prescriptions and order generation, with support from senior engineers. * **Ship and own:** take backend features from ticket to production and keep them fast, correct and healthy once they're live. * **Write code others build on:** clean, well-tested, and clear enough for the next person to pick
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