Senior Python Developer — Government Digital Platforms

Government Recruitment Service; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Senior Software Developer specialized in Python to design, build and run robust software services from requirements through to production support. You will work in a multidisciplinary team to translate user needs into practical digital solutions, ensuring reliability and maintainability.

You will contribute to continuous engineering improvements, review code, and help shape architecture and deployment pipelines for services used across government

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building and maintaining robust software solutions.
• Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver user-focused digital services.
• Familiarity with modern development practices and debugging live production systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and maintain high-quality software following architecture and coding standards.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle including deployment and production support.
• Collaborate with architects and developers to translate user needs into working software.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs, web applications and containerised services.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices and code quality.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Senior Software Developer specialized in Python to design, build and run robust software services from requirements through to production support. You will work in a multidisciplinary team to translate user needs into practical digital solutions, ensuring reliability and maintainability.

You will contribute to continuous engineering improvements, review code, and help shape architecture and deployment pipelines for services used across government