Technical Project Manager (Python/Django)

Location: 100% remote; work from home

Salary: £65,000–£75,000 per annum, depending on experience

Company

Pitchup is an award-winning travel booking platform for camping, glamping, and caravan sites, with more than 5,300 properties and a 70-person team working from home across 10 countries.

What you will do

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, priorities, and delivery plans.
• Track project progress, report status, mitigate risks, and remove roadblocks.
• Lead, mentor, and support software engineers while setting goals and overseeing team wellbeing.
• Shape the software development lifecycle and provide feedback on technical designs, architecture, and code changes.
• Enhance testing processes, participate in code reviews, and address defects and improvement areas.
• Maintain project documentation and capture key learnings to improve future delivery.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience as a Technical Project Manager or in a similar role managing software engineering projects.
• Experience reporting to a founder or senior leadership team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum, and project management tools.
• Hands-on technical expertise in software development, programming languages, and frameworks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience in a small, high-growth scale-up rather than a large corporation.
• Background in e-commerce, online marketplaces, or online travel agencies.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, Python, Django, Celery, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Solr, Memcached, Nginx, Varnish, Cloudflare, or GitLab.
• Project Management or Agile certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with work-from-home office equipment allowance.
• £500 annual learning and development budget, plus choice of technology and required software.
• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with benefits pro-rated for part-time employees.
• Pension matched to 4%, private healthcare, life insurance, critical illness cover, and income protection.
• Enhanced parental leave, cycle-to-work scheme, employee assistance services, and discounts on travel, fitness, retail, and entertainment.