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 su...