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Senior Python Developer - Central Government - Hybrid
Senior Python Developer | Major Public Sector Programme | £480pd | Hybrid
We are supporting a key Central Government Department to hire a Senior Python Developer to work on critical national services. This is a senior-level role requiring both deep technical expertise and leadership capability.
What you'll do:
- Lead development of scalable, secure applications in a modern cloud environment
- Mentor mid-level developers and drive best practice
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Key Skills:
- Commercial experience with Python
- Front-end experience - Thymeleaf / GOV.UK Design System is highly desirable
- RESTful API design & development, OpenAPI (Swagger)
- Relational databases - SQL, JPA/Hibernate concepts, Oracle desirable
- Strong testing background - JUnit 5 / pytest equivalent, mocking, Playwright
- CI/CD pipelines - GitHub Actions, Helm
- AWS & Kubernetes
- Monitoring & logging - OpenSearch, Prometheus
- Strong software design principles, clean code, scalable architectures
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- Active SC Clearance OR very confident of obtaining SC
- Hybrid: 1 day per month on-site in Leeds, Sheffield, or London
Contract:
- Initial 6 month contract
- £480pd
- Hybrid
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