Senior Python/Django Developer for Public Sector

Olive Jar Digital Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Olive Jar Digital Ltd is seeking a Senior Developer with strong Python and Django skills to deliver secure, scalable software for public sector projects. You will join Agile, multidisciplinary teams to take projects from Discovery to Live, while aligning with Government Service Standard and best practices.

You’ll design and implement web apps, APIs and integrations, maintain clean code, and help drive performance, security and reliability improvements across the stack.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing applications using Python and Django.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services.
• Good understanding of software engineering principles, testing, version control and CI/CD practices.
• Experience working with databases and designing efficient data models.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing and maintaining web applications using Python and Django.
• Building robust APIs and integrating applications with other systems and services.
• Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code, following software engineering best practices.
• Working within multidisciplinary teams using Agile methodologies and GDS standards.
• Collaborating with developers, designers, delivery managers and stakeholders to deliver user-focused solutions.
• Identifying opportunities to improve application performance, security, scalability and reliability.
• Contributing to technical decisions, code reviews and knowledge sharing across the team.

Skills

Python

Django

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

AWS

Agile

Security

Accessibility

Public sector/GDS

Communication

Tools

Git

Docker

AWS

Job description

Olive Jar Digital Ltd is seeking a Senior Developer with strong Python and Django skills to deliver secure, scalable software for public sector projects. You will join Agile, multidisciplinary teams to take projects from Discovery to Live, while aligning with Government Service Standard and best practices.

You’ll design and implement web apps, APIs and integrations, maintain clean code, and help drive performance, security and reliability improvements across the stack.