Senior Software Developer - Python
Role Overview
Senior Software Developer role in the Department for Business and Trade's Digital, Data and Technology directorate.
Design, build and operate robust, maintainable software across the development lifecycle as part of a multidisciplinary agile team.
The role involves complex technical problem-solving, service reliability, code review and supporting colleagues.
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Role overview
Senior Software Developer role in the Department for Business and Trade's Digital, Data and Technology directorate.
Design, build and operate robust, maintainable software across the development lifecycle as part of a multidisciplinary agile team.
The role involves complex technical problem-solving, service reliability, code review and supporting colleagues.
Main responsibilities
- Design, build, test and maintain software in line with architecture and coding standards.
- Work across development, testing, deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Translate user needs into software and improve services using evidence and feedback.
- Develop REST APIs, web applications, microservices and containerised applications.
- Investigate production incidents, identify root causes and improve service reliability.
- Build and maintain continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
- Review code, share knowledge and improve engineering practices.
Person specification
- Strong experience developing REST APIs and/or web applications using Python and Django, with experience working with SQL.
- Experience designing, building and supporting microservices and containerised applications; the supplied description cuts off during this requirement.
About the directorate
The Digital, Data and Technology directorate designs, builds and runs services, platforms and technology used by businesses, colleagues and citizens across the UK.
Its work includes digital services, data and AI products, internal tools, secure platforms and cyber security services.
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