Python Developer

Python Developer - OUTSIDE IR35 - SC Clearance Required

Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Months
Location: 1 day per week in Portsmouth rest of the month working from home
Rate: £540 per day OUTSIDE IR35

SC CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Key Skills

• Good understanding of software engineering and agile and lean development principles
• Experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available, production-grade services.
• Excellent knowledge of Python, including using Python to build web services and APIs.
• Experience of using an industry-standard Python web framework like Django, Flask or FastAPI.
• Knowledge of RESTful API principles
• Experience with writing automated tests using pytest
• Experience of using Postgres and Elasticsearch in production
• Knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines and containers
• Knowledge of security in a web context
• Experience of working with other developers, including using pull requests and code reviews

• Experience of working in the MOD
• Experience with the Celery asynchronous task queue.
• Experience integrating with S3 or an S3-compatible object-store in production.
• Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions