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Posted 09 June, 2026
MONGOOSE GRAY

Senior Python Developers and... err, ballet.

London, UK Permanent

We are a fast-growing software house.

Adagio is not in our vocabulary.

We aim to be the number one player in our sector.

Our clients have grande (sic) plans, and so do we.

We are building world-class products.

The globally-renowned Paris Opera Ballet is more formally known as Salle Le Peletier.

You are a first-class full stack coder with strong React, Typescript and NextJS skills.

Coda is a classical ballet term that refers to the finale of a group of dancers.

You are highly inquisitive, with excellent communication skills and a collaborative attitude.

Attitude in classical ballet is a position where the dancer is standing on one leg with the other one lifted.

You love Python / Django.

Some performances of the Snake Dance in La Bayadère have been known to use live snakes.

You like to think outside the box.

Studying ballet gives you a different point of view.

You have excellent PostgreSQL interrogation skills.

Have you ever queried what ballerinas eat for breakfast?

You are familiar with Agile/Scrum/Kanban principles.

Ballerinas are pretty agile.

Work to support our product team, providing tools that will deliver end-to-end solutions for customers.

While doing barre exercises, a dancer will stand and hold on to the barre for additional support.

Handle raw data comfortably.

Raw was released as a single by Spandau Ballet in 1988.

Champion and choreograph software delivery excellence.

Paul Taylor was considered by many to be the greatest living ballet choreographer until his death in 2018.

You will build high-performance, scalable, robust, secure and extensible software.

Extension is a classical ballet term describing a dancer’s ability to raise and hold a leg extended in the air.

Research, innovate, champion new tools and ways of working. In short, you will have a voice.

A strong voice is essential in ballet. Or is that opera?

Work with AWS cloud infrastructure teams.

Nuage means ‘cloud’ in French and is often used in ballet literature to poetically describe costumes.

Present your findings. Sleep easy we will provide you with a clicker... #nextslideplease

Échappé is a ballet movement where the dancer slides both feet out equally into the second or fourth position.

You will be expected to use Claude Code to accelerate development.

Claude Bessy is a celebrated French ballerina and longtime teacher.

You won’t be expected to use Tableau.

A tableau is a large picture on stage that is formed from an artistic grouping or formation.

Design, build and test new smart products. Get your fingers ready. Tap tap tap….

A finger turn describes a step whereby the ballerina is turning while being partnered by a ballerino.

We work hard but we also have fun. We'll actively encourage you to take time out and recharge your batteries.

Batterie is a classical ballet term that is used to describe all steps with beats as a group.

The big number is GBP 90,000 plus excellent benefits. Let’s discuss over a frappé.

Incidentally a frappé is a step almost always done at the barre as an exercise to improve quick and precise movement of the feet.

Interested in this fully remote (staggered UK hours) opportunity?

Please share your CV and a covering letter. Tell us something about you that will have us doing pirouettes in our sleep.