Software Developer, DevOps

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Developer

Permanent | Hybrid (willing to travel to Newcastle) | Python | Data | SC cleared and BPSS

At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

The Role:

We are looking for Software Developers with strong Python and AI experience responsible to lead the design, development, and operation of data‑driven applications and pipelines in a collaborative Dev and Dev Ops environment.

The Software Developer role focuses on writing and improving application code while working closely with Dev Ops engineers to support automated deployments, infrastructure management, system monitoring, reliability, and scaling. The Software Developer collaborates with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and users to translate business needs into robust technical solutions, operates and improves production services, analyses data and system issues to identify root causes, and champions engineering best practices.

The Software Developer will also provide technical leadership through coaching and mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to continuous improvement across development, delivery, and operational processes.

Responsibilities:

Software Developers will contribute to research, development and delivery across:

* Design, build, and operation of data ingest and publishing pipelines

* Workflow orchestration and task scheduling using managed services

* Collaboration with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and users to shape technical solutions

* Production support, monitoring, and continuous improvement of system resilience, stability, and performance

* Data analysis and investigation to identify root causes of defects and operational issues

* Dev Ops collaboration, including supporting automated deployments, infrastructure management, monitoring, and scaling

* Coaching and mentoring junior engineers and promoting engineering best practices

Skills & Experience:

* Understanding of data processing using Apache Spark and Apache Airflow for task orchestration

* Use of Python, SQL, and familiarity with Py Spark

* Understanding of EMR and reviewing output logs

* Use of Jupyter notebooks and/or Amazon Athena to query and validate data

* Data analysis to identify root cause of issues and familiarity with basic data structures for constructing a solution

* Understanding of dimensional data models and slowly changing dimensions/historic data capture

* Use of AWS console and services such as, but not limited to;
Cloud Watch, IAM, S3, Glue, ECR, EC2, EMR, Dynamo DB and Lake Formation

* Familiarity with Amazon Textract and Comprehend

* Understanding of both server-side and client-side encryption

* Use of Git Lab for source code management pipelines for CI/CD and Git Lab Tags for component versioning in shared repositories

* Understanding of Docker and containerization of solutions and IaC using Terraform

* Experience of understanding how customer expectations transition to applied functionality

* Active BPSS, SC clearance or eligible for clearance

Desirable skills:

* Experience supporting AI or data driven platforms

* Knowledge of cyber security or fraud prevention domains

* Experience working within government or critical national infrastructure environments

About Peregrine

We build work forces that deliver tech and change programmes at leading UK organisations. By combining data science from Peregrine Intelligence, our industry-accredited Peregrine Academy, and market-leading attraction and diversity initiatives, we bridge capability gaps at all levels in public and private…