Senior Scientific Engineer, £500, 9 Months, Exeter-Occasional Travel

Bangura Solutions • Exeter, ENG, United Kingdom • 3d ago

Job Description

Senior Scientific Engineer, £500, 9 Months, Exeter-Occasional Travel

An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Senior Scientific Software Engineer.

This role would suit a Technical Lead, Certified Scrum master with expert knowledge of Python, knowledge of quality assurance with Python, especially testing and documentation

Role will include:

Acting as Scrum Master and facilitate the delivery team to work effectively
Leading the development of technical plans and roadmaps for the FastNet capability
Monitoring progress against and adapt roadmaps escalating via the project manager when this effects milestones/deliverables
Responding to pull requests; review and refactor prototype science code for efficiency and robustness
Working as part of a team to incorporate new scientific developments into the FastNet code base
Reviewing and promote coding best practices for the project, including use of appropriate tools to facilitate this.

Essentials

Expert knowledge of Python, knowledge of quality assurance with Python, especially testing and documentation
Expert knowledge of agile development practices, specifically the Scrum framework
Knowledge of developing and deploying machine learning workflows on cloud platforms such as AZURE
Knowledge of working with large structured and unstructured datasets, ideally geospatial data
Maintain good documentation and promote knowledge transfer to other team members through pair programming, coaching, and team discussions.
Ability to mentor and develop others
Active SC Clearance is preferred. Must be eligible for SC Clearance

Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract opportunity.