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# Lead Python Engineer

- **Company:** CGI Group Inc.
- **Location:** Guildford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, OpenShift, Public Key Infrastructure, E2e Testing, Software Engineering, Containerization, Kubernetes, Functional Programming, Kibana, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/lead-python-engineer/51063423

## About the Role

Mandatory requirements:
At least 7 years of experience using Python for OOP and functional programming
Experience of leading software development teams and mentoring of junior members
Experience of unit, integration and end-to-end testing with a delivering 'quality' mindset
Experience creating designs and documentation
Experience of working with data processing pipelines
Working knowledge of DevOps and Cloud/virtualisation Platforms
A passion for learning new technologies and innovation
Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable:
. Experience of working on AWS
Experience of working with Elastic and Kibana
. Containerisation experience such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
. Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc

## Description

Secure Innovation is part of CGI's Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit, focused primarily on the delivery of contemporary and innovative technical solutions for the government agencies most challenging problems. Our teams work alongside our clients to help them understand how to exploit technologies to maintain competitive advantage. Our systems are engineered for performance, security, reliability and scalability; built with modern CI and CD tooling and techniques. We are currently looking for an experienced Python Software Engineer to join our team - being able to think outside of the box to overcome technical challenges is essential!
Your future duties and responsibilities
The role offers fantastic opportunities to work on leading edge and bespoke technologies within an interesting and highly rewarding environment. We are heavily committed to developing our members and provide excellent learning and development opportunities to ensure that your knowledge and skills keep pace with the evolving technology landscape. We engender a culture of innovation, collaboration and ownership; highly motivated self-starters thrive within our organisation. Although we would like candidates to have all of the skills we need, we would consider high quality individuals who meet most of the criteria.