1 day ago
Bristol, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of desktop, web, and service-based applications.
- Develop production-quality Python applications, frameworks, APIs, user interfaces, and automation.
- Build modern web and desktop interfaces using Vue and Electron.
- Create and maintain infrastructure as code with Ansible and Terraform/Terragrunt.
- Lead testing, debugging, optimization, and performance improvements.
- Shape requirements, propose technical approaches, and influence project direction.
- Support software integration and deployment into secure operational environments.
- Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for testing, packaging, deployment, and releases.
- Work with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, and related integration services.
- Occasionally install, configure, and commission hardware in secure environments.
- Engage with users to understand operational challenges and deliver solutions.
- Maintain documentation and traceable, peer-reviewed Git practices.
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Extensive experience developing software applications or tools.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with modern application frameworks and automation tooling.
- Experience designing and delivering production-quality applications.
- Strong understanding of UI frameworks, APIs, data handling, system integration, and secure application design.
- Confidence working in Linux and/or macOS development environments.
- Ability to work across multiple programming languages and frameworks.
- Experience with testing frameworks, debugging tools, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitLab.
- Knowledge of secure coding, application security, and security-conscious development lifecycles.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly Ansible and Terraform/Terragrunt.
- Experience with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar data and messaging technologies.
- Eligibility for DV clearance, including British citizenship and UK residency for the last 10 years.
- A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
- Professional membership of BCS or IET is a plus.
- Desirable experience includes secure or defense environments, cryptography, secure data handling, Vue, Electron, Flask, FastAPI, Django, containerization, virtualization, distributed systems, message-based architectures, and hardware installation or troubleshooting.
Benefits
- Pension, share options, car leasing, free parking, and a cycle scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- 33 days of annual leave including public holidays, with buy/sell options.
- Life assurance, gym memberships, and health plans.
- 37.5-hour working week with up to two TOIL days per month.
- TechX Academy, unlimited e-learning, and career mobility opportunities.
- Flexi-time working.
- Bristol-based role requiring 3–4 days per week on the customer site, with flexible working across home, office, and customer locations.
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About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.