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Python Developer // Derby (Onsite) // £50,000 - £60,000

This is a hands-on Python engineering role working on digital platforms that support major national energy infrastructure; including the shift to net-zero.

You’ll be joining a multi-disciplinary team and owning features end-to-end. There’s plenty of opportunity to get stuck into architecture discussions, deployment tooling, and API design, all within a fast-paced Agile environment.

You’ll be building scalable, testable services and APIs in Python (Django/Flask), deploying to AWS and Azure, and applying best practices in CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

You’ll be doing:

Developing secure, high-performance APIs
Working with databases like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and MongoDB
Deploying cloud-native services using tools like Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
Improving performance, security and observability in backend systems
Collaborating with product managers, cloud engineers and designers

What they’re looking for:

Proven experience writing Python APIs (Django, Flask or FastAPI)
Solid database design and cloud deployment experience (AWS, Azure or GCP)
Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows and Agile delivery
Strong attention to security, testing and performance

Nice to have:

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Exposure to microservices, big data or IoT
Knowledge of GDS or UK Government digital standards

Why join?

The company is an institution in nuclear and energy sectors
Big investment in digital transformation and software capability
You’ll work on critical systems with long-term career potential
Clear path into architecture, lead engineering, or cloud specialism

Benefits:

Private healthcare and enhanced pension
Career training, internal promotion routes and leadership mentoring
Holiday bonus schemes and dynamic internal Employee Committee
Need to be a sole UK national (SC clearance required)

For more information please apply now or contact job poster directly.

*Sole UK Nationals only