Lead Python Software Engineer

Position Description
Location: Leatherhead (3 days pw onsite)
Start: ASAP, End: 12 month contract
Day rate - £700pd Inside ir35

SC Clearance required, please do not apply if you are not SC Cleared

Python Software Engineer to join our team - being able to think outside of the box to overcome technical challenges is essential!

The role offers fantastic opportunities to work on leading edge and bespoke technologies within an interesting and highly rewarding environment. We are heavily committed to developing our members and provide excellent learning and development opportunities to ensure that your knowledge and skills keep pace with the evolving technology landscape. We engender a culture of innovation, collaboration and ownership; highly motivated self starters thrive within our organisation. Although we would like candidates to have all of the skills we need, we would consider high quality individuals who meet most of the criteria.

Mandatory requirements:
At least 7 years of experience using Python for OOP and functional programming
Experience of leading software development teams and mentoring of junior members
Experience of unit, integration and end to end testing with a delivering 'quality' mindset
Experience creating designs and documentation
Experience of working with data processing pipelines
Working knowledge of DevOps and Cloud/virtualisation Platforms
A passion for learning new technologies and innovation
Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable:
. Experience of working on AWS
. Experience of working with Elastic and Kibana
. Containerisation experience such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
. Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc