Senior Software Engineer - Python- BPSS Cleared

Intuition IT Solutions Ltd
London, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
£83,200.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Architectural Patterns User Authentication Unit Testing Microsoft Azure Continuous Integration Software Design Patterns Distributed Systems Amazon DynamoDB
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Github HP Systems Insight Manager Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL MySQL NoSQL OAuth Object-Oriented Software Development Openid Connect Cloud Services Swagger Next.js JSON Web Token Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Software Deployment Software Engineering Systems Integration WebSocket Openapi AWS Cdk Data Logging ReactJS Flask (Web Framework) Delivery Pipeline Software Security State Machines AWS ECS Cloudformation Fastapi Servicebus Event Driven Architecture Pytest Containerization Integration Tests AWS Fargate Real Time Data Functional Programming Cloudwatch Api Gateway Restful APIs Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform Api Management Serverless Computing Docker Jenkins Web Api Microservices

Requirements

  • 5 years professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong commercial experience with Python using FastAPI, Flask, or similar Back End frameworks.
  • Extensive experience developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and Back End services.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including ECS Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Step Functions, IAM, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch.
  • Strong experience with serverless deployment and architecture patterns.
  • Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker and AWS ECS/Fargate.
  • Experience integrating with third-party APIs, enterprise platforms, and external services.
  • Strong understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming principles, clean code practices, and distributed system design.
  • Experience implementing API security using OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, API Keys, and secure authentication/authorization mechanisms.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, or DynamoDB.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation) is highly desirable.
  • Good understanding of software deployment processes, application monitoring, logging, and environment management.
  • Experience working in secure or regulated environments (eg, healthcare, finance, government) is beneficial.
  • Understanding of data protection, access control, and secure software development practices.
  • Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
  • Experience with React/NextJS.
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Pytest, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and API Testing.
  • Exposure to WebSockets, event-driven architectures, or Real Time data patterns.
  • Familiarity with modern authentication approaches such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, and AWS Cognito.
  • Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API lifecycle management.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.

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