Lead Python Engineer
Leatherhead, England, United Kingdom · Full Time
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- 7+ yrs
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- 1 week ago
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Job description
About the Company and Role
Secure Innovation, part of CGI's Space, Defence and Intelligence division, specializes in delivering advanced and innovative technical solutions to address complex challenges faced by government agencies. Their systems prioritize performance, security, reliability, and scalability, built using modern continuous integration and delivery methodologies. The organization supports a culture fostering innovation, collaboration, and ownership, and values motivated self-starters.
Candidate Profile and Opportunities
This position offers exceptional chances to work with cutting-edge and custom technologies within a stimulating and rewarding environment. The company emphasizes professional growth through excellent training and development initiatives to keep team members abreast of evolving technologies. High-quality candidates who meet most of the specifications are considered.
Key Responsibilities and Expectations
- Lead and mentor software development teams, ensuring high-quality results.
- Develop solutions utilizing Python with strong object-oriented and functional programming skills.
- Create comprehensive designs and supporting documentation.
- Implement and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with a commitment to quality delivery.
- Work with data processing pipelines effectively.
- Engage with DevOps practices and manage cloud or virtualization platforms.
Mandatory Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years of professional experience programming in Python emphasizing OOP and functional programming paradigms.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities in software development and mentoring junior team members.
- Proficiency with thorough testing practices to ensure product quality.
- Ability to produce clear software design and documentation.
- Experience handling data processing workflows.
- Practical knowledge of DevOps processes and cloud/virtualization technologies.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.
- A genuine enthusiasm for continuous learning and technological innovation.
Desirable Skills
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Experience using Elastic and Kibana for data search and analytics.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
- Understanding of security protocols including PKI and TLS.