Junior Python Developer – (George) at Datafin Recruitment

ENVIRONMENT:

• Are you a hands-on Python developer with a passion for turning data into powerful, real-time insights?
• Do you thrive in an agile environment where you can prototype, build, and deploy tools that directly impact business and customer outcomes?
• Our client is redefining how insurance and technology work together and is looking for a Telematics Developer to help shape the systems behind their next-generation telematics solutions.
• In this role, you’ll be at the core of building and scaling custom analytics tools—enhancing bespoke applications, enabling seamless data flows between APIs, cloud systems, and databases, and developing smart, scalable, and impactful technology that drives business growth.

DUTIES:

• Enhance and extend their custom-built Streamlit telematics platform.
• Integrate Python apps with SQL databases, Azure services, and third-party APIs.
• Build and maintain data pipelines to support automated scoring and real-time reporting.
• Develop interactive dashboards and visualisations using Plotly Express, including geospatial views.
• Refactor existing code for performance, scalability, and modularity.
• Contribute to architectural and design decisions—prototype, test, and ship.
• Support AI/ML integration projects such as risk scoring, alerting, and event detection.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or similar.
• 2–4 years building Python-based data apps (Streamlit, Dash, or Flask).
• Experience in insurance or telematics is a plus but not required.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced Python (Pandas, Plotly, NumPy, SQLAlchemy).
• Experience with Streamlit, Reflex, or interactive dashboards.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL, REST APIs, and Azure cloud tools.
• Bonus: Geospatial libraries like GeoPandas, Folium, or similar.
• Comfortable with Git, VS Code, and modern coding standards.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Passion for clean, reusable, and efficient code.
• Enthusiastic about exploring data and extracting real-world value. 
• Excellent communicator who thrives in a collaborative, high-impact team.