Job Description

The BES Group are the leading end to end solution provider in the Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance sector. Our team of experts covers an extensive range of engineering services.

We\xe2\x80\x99ve gone from strength to strength over recent years, welcoming the very best risk management businesses to our Group. As a result, we\xe2\x80\x99ve grown both our team of experts and our suite of solutions in line with our customer\xe2\x80\x99s needs. We\xe2\x80\x99re now looking for an experienced Python-Django developer to expand our team.

We\xe2\x80\x99re private equity backed, which means we have the flexibility and support to move quickly and grow faster than any other company in our industry. We\xe2\x80\x99re innovative and forward thinking and have the awards to prove it, but most of all we\xe2\x80\x99re focused on helping make sure our customers leave nothing to chance.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking a highly skilled Python-Django developer with a strong background in building scalable, high-quality, and high-performance web applications. As a Python-Django developer, your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements into the application so a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is essential. Our main application aggregates data from myriad real-time sensors and presents the resulting data to our customers. Exposure to sensor data acquisition or similar embedded technology applications would be a bonus.

Essential skills:

• Five years of web app development experience with Python and Django or similar Python web application frameworks
• Fluency with SQL at a level necessary for application development. We use PostgreSQL, but any mainstream SQL experience is acceptable
• Experience of modern software development best practices:

• Source control (git)
• Automated build and deployment pipeline
• Automated testing; we use pytest
• Experience with remote team development, ideally with the Atlassian tools
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience suitable for Python/Django web application development
• Minimum A-level mathematics or equivalent qualification

Desirable additional skills:

• Exposure to sensor data acquisition based applications
• Mechanical/structural engineering background
• Understanding of web application security
• Experience working with Linux on the Microsoft Azure platform
• Degree (or equivalent Level 6 qualification) in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, Physics or other technical subject (desirable but not essential)

What will I be doing?

You will be reporting into the team manager responsible for our SAMS structural health monitoring application. You will be:

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient Python code within the Django framework
• Working with the development team to advance the overall architecture design of the application
• Integrating of user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Talking with our engineering experts, implementation project managers, and key customers to understand requirements and obtain feedback
• Performance tuning, software improvement, bug fixing, and task automation.
• Integrating data acquisition from a range of sensors into application
• Assisting with production deployment within our automated release pipelines
• Carrying out developer level quality assurance tasks: code review and unit testing
• Researching new technologies that can be used to enhance future versions of our application

We are a relatively small team tasked with providing innovation and robust solutions. To succeed, this role demands someone with passion for their work who is able communicate with ease both with our operations and delivery teams as well as colleagues on the SAMS team.

What makes BES Group a great place to work?

We genuinely care about our customers and our staff. Knowing we always do the best job we can with absolutely no compromise means everything.

If you work for us, you will get the below and so much more:

• A flexible working approach. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of four days per month in one of our North West based offices \xe2\x80\x93 Warrington development office preferred
• Personal development opportunities across the business
• Discretionary annual company bonus and yearly salary review
• Shiny new Surface Pro
• Access to lots of discounts and benefits via our company benefits portal including; retail, fitness, holiday and cinema discounts
• The support of a superb employee assistance programme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Opportunities to attend volunteer days
• Company contribution to charity fundraising you participate in; we want to support charities you are passionate about!
• Employee Suggestion programme, because we value input from everyone in the BES Group
• Up to 10% pension

To apply for this role, simply click \xe2\x80\x9cApply\xe2\x80\x9d. We ask for some basic contact information and a CV or your LinkedIn profile, it\xe2\x80\x99s that easy! Please keep in mind, successful candidates will be required to complete the relevant background checks as part of the recruitment process.

We want to inspire everyone to see how important safety is and we expect the same from our people. And if you\xe2\x80\x99re on the same page as us about that and you\xe2\x80\x99ve got the right skills, experience and attitude, you\xe2\x80\x99ll fit right in. Simple. We\xe2\x80\x99re all about diversity and inclusion and that means we want our people to be themselves. We\xe2\x80\x99re delighted to be an equal opportunities employer and that will never change!

BES Group, Your Trusted Advisor

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Location

Warrington, England

Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, 1st Floor, Manchester, United Kingdom, M2 6HY

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2010

Team:

IS & Change

Location:

Manchester (Trinity), Warrington

Salary:

From \xc2\xa360,000 (depending on experience) plus up to 10% pension, and much more!

Vacancy Type:

Permanent

Number of Positions:

1

British Engineering Services Group