Senior Software Developer - Python
Role Overview
The Senior Software Developer designs, builds and runs robust, maintainable software for users.
The role works across the software development lifecycle, from requirements and technical design through deployment and production support.
The developer joins a multidisciplinary agile team and contributes to reliable services and engineering practices.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Senior Software Developer designs, builds and runs robust, maintainable software for users.
The role works across the software development lifecycle, from requirements and technical design through deployment and production support.
The developer joins a multidisciplinary agile team and contributes to reliable services and engineering practices.
Main responsibilities
- Design, build, test and maintain software in line with agreed architecture and coding standards.
- Work across development, testing, deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Translate user needs and designs into working software, iterating based on evidence and feedback.
- Collaborate with technical architects and developers on technical decisions and complex problems.
- Develop and maintain REST APIs, web applications, microservices and containerised applications.
- Improve reliability by understanding service dependencies, data and system interactions.
- Investigate production incidents, identify root causes and implement sustainable improvements.
- Build and maintain continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
- Review code, share knowledge, support colleagues and improve engineering practices, including prototyping solutions.
Person specification
- Strong experience developing REST APIs and/or web applications using Python and Django, with experience working with SQL; identified as the lead criterion.
- Experience designing, building and supporting microservices and containerised applications using technologies such as D; the provided description ends at this point.
Pay and pension
- Salary is £68,732–£88,423, with London and national ranges stated and pay determined by skills and capability assessed at interview.
- The Civil Service Pension has an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Locations
- Listed locations are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.
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