Python Developer

NAVTOR; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NAVTOR seeks a Python Developer to join their team in Aberdeen City, focused on developing robust maritime product solutions. The role entails designing, building, and maintaining backend services, working closely with product teams to deliver high-performance software for global maritime operations.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in software development, with at least 5 years in Python.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong design skills for modular, maintainable applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python-based services and APIs for digital navigation.
• Collaborate on microservices architecture and cloud integration.
• Contribute to code reviews and testing.

Skills

Python

RESTful APIs

Microservices

OOP

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

Containerisation

Education

University diploma/degree in a related field

Tools

Flask

Django

FastAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

Pandas

NumPy

PySpark

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Do you have a passion for developing leading edge, high quality and robust innovative product solutions? This is the perfect role for innovative thinking Python developers. You will be part of a product development team responsible for the full development life cycle process from technical analysis design, development, integration and testing, deployment, modification, and maintenance of industry-leading product Innovation solutions for the Maritime industry.

As a Python Developer at NAVTOR, you will design, build, and maintain backend services and data-driven applications that power our maritime solutions. You will collaborate closely with product teams, data scientists, and cloud engineers to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance software that supports thousands of vessels worldwide

Core Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain Python-based services and APIs for NAVTOR’s digital navigation and fleet management products.
• Collaborate in designing microservices architecture and integrating with cloud infrastructure.
• Responsible for the design, development, modification, maintenance, testing and deployment of Navtor products and services.
• Participate in code reviews and share knowledge with team members.
• Develop fully integrated front-end solutions with backend API’s and services.
• Responsible for associated solution design specification and documentation.
• Participate in design, develop and maintain database solutions associated to data driven solutions.
• Provide technical analysis and design requirements and documentation.
• Software development as part of a SCRUM team following agreed work backlogs
• Develop to high quality coding standards.
• As part of the full development life cycle, you will be responsible for Unit Testing and contribute with Automated and Performance Testing.
• Maintain and develop a thorough and up-to-date working technical knowledge of digital solutions and the Navtor product suite.
• Maintain a detailed technical understanding of our products, systems, technologies, architecture, and data sets.
• Provide advanced technical support escalated from the development support team for all Navtor product solutions, systems, and data sets.
• Scope and define detailed technical product backlog item descriptions that feed into sprint planning.
• Provide effective technical analysis, design requirements and relevant documentation.
• It should be noted that the above list of main duties and responsibilities is not necessarily a complete statement of the final duties of the post.

• Qualifications
• A University diploma/degree in a related field

Skills & Experience - Essential

• 5–8+ years of professional experience in software development, including at least 5+ years with Python (i.e. 3.8+) Recent experience.
• Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and Microservices (e.g., Flask, Django, FastAPI)
• Experience mentoring developers, conducting code reviews.
• Strong experience designing modular, maintainable, and scalable applications.
• Solid understanding of OOP, functional programming, and design patterns
• Good working knowledge and understanding of Relational / NoSQL / MongoDB data driven solutions.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum teams, helping refine requirements, estimate, and deliver features.
• Familiarity with microservices architectures and secure communication (i.e. JWT, OAuth2).
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines (i.e. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI targeting Azure)
• Experience with Python Libraries and Frameworks (i.e. Pandas, NumPy, PySpark)

Desirable

• API versioning, authentication & authorization (i.e. OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT)
• Implemented unit testing and end-to-end testing (i.e. pytest, unittest).
• Experience with containerisation (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes)