Senior Python Engineer - SC Cleared

SENIOR PYTHON / DATA ENGINEER - SC CLEARED

NEW PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR AN SC CLEARED PYTHON ENGINEER WITH DATA ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

Salary: Up to £75,000

Location: Manchester

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Clearance: SC Clearance required to start

Type: Permanent

I'm currently working with a leading technology consultancy delivering a range of complex digital and data projects across the public sector.

They're looking for a Senior Python / Data Engineer to join their growing engineering team in Manchester.

This role could be a great fit for someone from a strong backend Python / software engineering background who has experience working with data, cloud platforms or data-intensive applications. You don't need to have worked across every area of data engineering - strong software engineering fundamentals are key.

THE ROLE

You'll work as a hands-on senior engineer, designing and building modern data platforms, services and applications for public sector clients.

You'll be involved across the engineering lifecycle, working with Python, cloud technologies, data pipelines and modern software engineering practices. You'll also have the opportunity to work closely with clients and support the development of other engineers.

Key responsibilities

Developing high-quality, production-ready Python applications and services

Building and maintaining data pipelines, including ETL/ELT and batch/streaming workloads

Working with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure or GCP

Designing and integrating APIs, databases and data services

Applying software engineering principles including SOLID, DRY and TDD

Using Git and CI/CD pipelines to maintain code quality and support deployments

Working with data transformation, cleansing and standardisation

Supporting modern data architectures including data lakes and data warehouses

Using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code to build and manage environments

Implementing logging, monitoring and alerting across production systems

Working with technologies such as Pandas, Pydantic, Airflow, AWS Glue, Docker, JSON and Parquet

Working alongside data scientists, engineers and multidisciplinary delivery teams

Supporting and mentoring other engineers and sharing technical knowledge

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We're particularly interested in engineers with

Strong commercial experience with Python

A solid understanding of backend / software engineering principles

Experience working with AWS, Azure or GCP

Experience with Git, CI/CD and automated testing

Knowledge of databases and data processing

Experience building or working with APIs, services or data pipelines

Understanding of ETL/ELT and data engineering principles

Experience with Terraform or another Infrastructure as Code tool

Experience working in modern Agile engineering environments

Strong communication skills and the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Active SC Clearance

DESIRABLE

Airflow or AWS Glue

Pandas / Pydantic

Docker

Data lakes / data warehouses

Batch and streaming systems

Data quality and schema management

Experience productionising machine learning or data science solutions

Consultancy experience

Public sector experience

Pair programming / mob programming

Experience working within multidisciplinary technology teams

You don't need to tick every box. If you're a strong Senior Python / Backend Engineer with some experience around data, cloud or data platforms, I'd still be keen to speak with you.

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