External Job Posting Title Senior Software Engineer - Python in Belfast

Experience and skills we need:

• Experienced in object-oriented Python programming to build solutions at enterprise scale.
• API design and management experience using tools and services such as Grafana, FastAPI or RestFul API.
• Experience in optimising and managing databases such as SQL and MongoDB.
• A third level qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science or STEM subject and 3 years’ software development experience in a commercial environment; or current and valid industry recognised certifications and 5 years’ software development experience in a commercial environment.
• Have worked with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Git, or similar, for deployment purposes.
• Feature or function design and delivery as part of an agile software development team (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.).
• Have worked with Product Owners, customers, end-users, or stakeholders in the delivery of software, solutions, or products.

Experience and skills we’d love:

• Have worked with AWS cloud services and tools.
• Experience in working with containerized application management tools such as Kubernetes or Snowflake.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be part of a team who are working to solve complex business problems by delivering high-quality software that provides an outstanding experience for our customers.
• With the support of more senior team members, contribute to the architecture or design in your area of work.
• Write clean code in line with the team’s set standards.
• Look for ways to improve your team’s coding standards.
• Own, scope and deliver well defined deliverables or stories.
• Communicate and update your progress regularly at stand‑ups or similar agile events.
• Mentor and guide more junior team members to deliver well defined features, functions or components.
• Collaborate closely and cooperatively with your technical and non-technical teams to work towards the best solution that maximises value to the customer.
• Contribute to a culture of code quality and implement automated, unit and integration testing as part of the software development lifecycle.
• Apply good security processes such as threat modelling to the code you develop.
• Implement your team’s approach to delivering high quality, tested code.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Play a lead role in code reviews and actively review pull requests from other team members.
• Grow your knowledge of architecture, modern engineering principles and design patterns.
• Assess the business value of new technologies and technical solutions using a data‑driven approach and implement them to the development life cycle.
• Supported by senior team members, seek opportunities to share and celebrate what you’ve learned through internal tech talks, blogging and external events.

What’s on offer:

• Feel safe and secure whatever life brings, with health insurance (including access to a digital doctor), life assurance and income protection.
• Enjoy both today and tomorrow with employee discount schemes, annual bonuses and a competitive pension.
• Protect your wellbeing with flexible working and a real work‑life balance. Specifically, we have adopted a hybrid remote and in‑office working culture, meaning you have ultimate flexibility in your work environment.
• Grow yourself, your career and reputation through continuous learning, promotion opportunities and our generous recognition programme.

Equal employment and equal opportunities:

Liberty IT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusion and diversity. If you have a disability, accommodations are available on request when taking part in all aspects of the recruitment, assessment, and selection process.