IT & Software

Python Developer

Brio Digital

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Python/Django Software Engineer

  • Location: Remote, with 1 to 2 days a month in London
  • Rate: 500/day Outside IR35
  • Duration: 3 months initial
  • Sector: Central Government
  • Must be SC Cleared

Overview

We're looking for a Python/Django Software Engineer to join a central government programme. You'll build and improve digital services on AWS, working in a multidisciplinary team to deliver reliable, secure and user-focused software.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain web applications and APIs in Python and Django
  • Develop and deploy services on AWS
  • Write clean, well-tested and maintainable code
  • Take part in code reviews and help raise engineering standards
  • Work with product, design and delivery colleagues in an Agile team
  • Support CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
  • Troubleshoot and fix issues across development and live environments

Key Requirements

  • Strong commercial experience with Python and Django
  • Hands-on AWS experience covering services such as EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3 or ECS
  • Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
  • Solid understanding of relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
  • Experience with automated testing and CI/CD
  • Comfortable working in Agile delivery teams

Desirable

  • Previous central government or public sector experience
  • Knowledge of the GDS Service Standard and (url removed) Design System
  • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Docker and containerised deployments

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Reference: WJ-756_283532

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