Lead Python Developer (ID: hgq6BULW)

We are recruiting for a Lead Python Developer to join our team. The Lead Python Developer will work with multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone.

Our Lead Python Developers are experts in their field. You will act as a lead consultant providing technical expertise in software engineering practices both internally and to our clients. You will be a leader of people and teams, managing projects, driving the team's technical deliverables, maintaining client relationships and be passionate about developing and upskilling others.

Lead Python Developer Job Role:

• Act as a technical SME within the squad to produce and ensure user-centred software is developed based on business requirements and following best practice
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to explore, design and deliver solutions to client problems
• Design and manage software development and deployment pipelines resolving issues and potential bottlenecks before they occur
• Continuously reviews and prioritises the delivery teams workload and can anticipate the need for realignment with evolving operational prioritise and complex work-streams and assignments
• Be a strong communicator and presenter, presenting prototypes, solutions and progress to internal/external stakeholders in a clear concise manner
• Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders, identifying and ensuring that challenges are overcome
• Involved in the recruitment, on-boarding and line management of other engineers, and support other consultants in their professional development
• Promoter our Engineering team externally (for example through writing Blogs, Workshops, Seminars or Conferences)

Skills and experience needed for the python developer role:

• Expertise in Python Engineering
• Expertise in AWS Serverless including tools & technologies such as Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Eventbridge, Cloudwatch and CloudFormation
• Leading a delivery team to deliver high quality, robust solutions
• Coaching and guiding others on the best way to achieve an optimal solution
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, able to articulate in both technical/non-technical terms depending on audience
• The full development lifecycle delivering user-centred digital solutions
• Full stack experience with HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• JavaScript library and framework experience is preferable – Node, React, Angular
• Containerisation experience – Docker or Kubernetes or similar
• Experience of Microservices design and architecture
• Restful API Services experience
• Working within agile methods and using techniques such as Scrum, Kanban and TDD
• Skilled in designing and building native and web applications, across a variety of scales and platform environments
• Infrastructure As Code – Cloudformation, Terraform or ARM or similar
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps and Atlassian
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable

What makes us great

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:

• Contributory pension scheme (6% with employee contributions of 2%)
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
• private health cover
• private dental cover
• additional company pension contributions
• additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
• wellbeing contribution
• charity contributions
• tree planting

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

Company locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and located across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don't let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one. It's worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Position: Lead Python Developer  -  Job Type: Full-time  -  Pay: £67,000.00-£84,000.00 per year  -  Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds