A little bit about us

We are an ambitious company founded in 1996 and listed on the London Stock Exchange (CNIC), which is growing quickly through acquisition. We live and breathe our values and are committed to the growth of our business that we achieve through the growth and development of our people. We are successful because we recognise that our people are at the core of everything we do. Our mission is to enable the global economy to achieve its online aspirations.

What we do

As the developer and operator of software platforms, we provide web presence services to customers in over 180 countries. We are a leading provider of tools required to create websites, use email, and secure business online. Headquartered in London, the Group generates revenue and income from the worldwide sale of internet domain names and hosting on an annual subscription basis. CentralNic is also currently expanding its monetisation offering to acquire traffic and optimise online marketing activities. To learn more about the company, please go to our website www.centralnic.com.

The Role

As our Software Engineer (Python), Registry at CentralNic, you will gain exposure working with the Head of Infrastructure within the Registry business division. 

As a Software Engineer - Python developer you will have an understanding to create well structured, and thoroughly testing code. You will have utilised AWS (including ECS and Lambda) and be comfortable with finding logs, metrics and carrying out at least basic troubleshooting of common AWS services. You will be familiar with Docker and container technologies.

This role will ideally be based in London, however we are working remotely at the moment but will be taking a hybrid approach post-pandemic.

Key outcomes of the role will include: 

Create functionality that operates at low levels, using frameworks such as Twisted for protocol-level interactions.

Taking requirements from Internet RFCs and creating software to operate on services such as DNS.

Accomplished in the creation of clean and elegant RESTful APIs

Creating simple solutions to complex problems, with a focus on
shipping incremental elements of functionality regularly.   

About you :

Demonstrates and take actions to continuously develop and grow

Good analytical skills and great attention to detail

Be working with the rest of our teams in collaboration

Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both oral and in writing

Be a creative thinker, always thinking “how can we”.

Show a strong desire to succeed and make a difference

 Experience and skills that will help you succeed:

A proven track record of Strong Python skills, including effective unit and functional testing.

Knowledge of AWS, including API Gateway, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, Docker containers.

Confident with the use of Linux, common command line tools, etc.

Previous experience of designing and developing APIs and microservices.

Working knowledge of MySQL and DynamoDB and good query practices.

Fundamental understanding of good API design and best practice.

 What’s in it for you?

There are many reasons to come on board our team of talented professionals, but here are just a few…

We are collaborative, fair, consciously inclusive, and flexible

We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference

We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity

We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward

We offer a range of benefits (including your choice of tech) and a competitive package 

We offer a great work environment in an internationally successful enterprise in the online services industry.

The Process

Our process will consist of an initial phone screen conversation over video via Google Meet with a member of our People team to make sure your expectations of the role are aligned with the business needs. There will then be the first round which will be a competency-based interview with the Hiring Manager,  and a member of the team.

We aim to keep you informed throughout the process so we will be communicative and transparent throughout (which also happens to be one of our company values)! ☺

Location

The role will ideally be based at our London office. We embrace flexible working and are happy to discuss suitable arrangements that will work for everyone.

If you need assistance completing an application for a position with us, please reach out to our Recruiting Team at talent@centralnic.com