Lead Backend Engineer

• 15-month contract
• Government project
• Hybrid work arrangement

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions using Django and Python.
• Collaborate with project leads, other developers to understand requirements and translate them to technical specifications.
• Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards, design principles and architectural guidelines.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that adheres to coding standards and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on project timelines.
• Implement best practices for code organisation, version control, testing
• Collaborate with DevOps to optimise performance, security, scalability and reliability.
• Drive initiatives to improve development processes, tooling, and documentation to enhance team productivity and efficiency.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in web application development using Django and Python, with at least 8 years of relevant working experience.
• Exhibits strategic thinking and the ability to lead and manage complex projects effectively.
• Strong proficiency in Django framework, including ORM, views, forms, authentication and RESTful APIs.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Expertise in database design and optimisation, working with relational database such as PostgreSQL, etc.
• Experience working with AWS.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on delivering scalable and maintainable solutions.