Python Developer at Cabinet Office, Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Python Developer (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month contract based REMOTELY.

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

As a Python Developer, your main responsibilities will be:

You will be joining a team that develops and manages a Cabinet Office corporate platform called Workforce hub, that serves as a central data & integration platform with a frontend that allows the Cabinet Office employee to access some of the people & data. The workforce hub project was started on Aug 24 and is currently in active development. You will be working on frontend, backend and API development of the platform. You will be working as part of an Agile team to help with the development.

Essential: 

• Proficient in Python, JavaScript, SCSS, CSS, HTML and API development
• Experience in Data-centric project, strong SQL skills and relational database, SQL Alchemy
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, pull requests, automated tests, scripted deployment, and infrastructure as code, GitHub Action and AWS Code pipeline
• Experience developing in the AWS cloud platform including AWS services: CloudFront, IAM, S3, RDS, IAM, API gateway and Lambda
• Experience with developing in Wagtail is desirable.
• Testing experience: unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, user acceptance testing - automated where time and cost effective
• Code reviews, working in the open, proactively pulling work through

Desirable:

• Team player and collaborative.
• Do good work to a high standard
• Attention to detail
• A good awareness of DevOps best practice and security by design

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.