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Python Developer

Nigel Frank International
Posted a day ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G2 5LA, Scotland

Salary

£60,000 - £70,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan

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Sonic Summary

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  • The company is seeking a highly skilled Python developer to collaborate with a global team of experts in programming languages, data science, and technical leadership.
  • The role involves supporting the R language user community and enhancing development practices within the organization.
  • Candidates should have core Python development skills and prior experience with R, or a willingness to learn on the job, along with familiarity with the Software Development Life-cycle and Linux.
  • The position offers a base salary of 70k, along with benefits such as a generous holiday scheme, hybrid working, and a pension scheme.
  • A track record of leading technical delivery and good communication skills are essential for this role.

Job Description

I am looking for a highly skilled and motivated Python developer. In this role, you will collaborate with programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads to drive best practices and enhance development experiences across the organisation. Your primary focus will be supporting and empowering our R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts


Role & Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a global team of programming-language experts, developers, data scientists, and technical leads.
  • Develop and implement common language/framework usage blueprints to ensure consistency and best practices.
  • Introduce and integrate industry-standard development tools into the organisation.
  • Engineer internal tools and libraries as needed to support development initiatives.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for the firm's R language user community, which includes data scientists, researchers, quantitative strategists, and business analysts.
  • Support users by:
    • Assisting with setting up and troubleshooting their development environments.
    • Evaluating and on boarding third-party libraries.
    • Creating and maintaining user documentation.
  • Design and implement tooling and automation to streamline the development experience and minimise manual intervention


Skills & Qualifications

Essential

  • Core Python development
  • Prior R experience (or willingness to learn on the job)
  • Understanding of common development patterns such as IDE usage and interactive notebooks (e.g. Jupyter)
  • Familiarity with the enterprise Software Development Life-cycle (SDLC)
  • Familiarity with Linux
  • Good communication/organisation skills
  • Prior track record of leading technical delivery at feature level and/or serving as a key escalation point of contact

Desired

  • Prior experience with OCI containerisation tools/platforms (such as Docker, Kubernetes)
  • High-level understanding of Windows development

Benefits

  • Generous Holiday Scheme + Bank Holidays
  • Hybrid Working
  • 70k Base Salary
  • Pension Scheme
  • Health and Well Being Programme

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