Senior Python Software Engineer — Build Government Services

Government Recruitment Service; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Belfast is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build and run robust software across the full development lifecycle. You will work with agile teams to translate user needs into high-quality digital solutions for government services.

You will contribute to the engineering culture by reviewing code, sharing knowledge and championing maintainable code, modern practices and resilient services in production.

Qualifications

• Design, build, test and maintain high-quality software according to architecture and coding standards.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs, web applications and microservices.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate user needs into practical software solutions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices and robust services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and maintain high-quality software, delivering new functionality and improving existing services in line with architecture and coding standards
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, monitoring and production support
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to translate user needs and designs into working software
• Work closely with Technical Architects and other developers to make informed technical decisions and identify solutions to complex problems
• Develop and maintain REST APIs, web applications, microservices and containerised applications
• Build understanding of dependencies and data interactions to improve reliability and resolve issues
• Investigate and resolve live service incidents and implement improvements
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable delivery
• Review code and share knowledge to improve quality
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

Docker

Tools

Docker

Job description

Government Recruitment Service in Belfast is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build and run robust software across the full development lifecycle. You will work with agile teams to translate user needs into high-quality digital solutions for government services.

You will contribute to the engineering culture by reviewing code, sharing knowledge and championing maintainable code, modern practices and resilient services in production.