Python Job: Python Software Engineer

As a Python Software Engineer you will be at the forefront of cloud technology. You’ll work alongside great GCP Engineering teams (Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Platform Engineers, Cloud Architects, Software Engineers), taking full ownership of your tasks and responsibilities, with opportunities to do back-end, front-end, and infrastructure development.

You will work with customers, potentially at the early sales stage, assessing and understanding their technical requirements. You will be able to contribute to a project from the information and discovery stages through the initial concept and design to implementation, build and support. Exposure to a wide variety of technologies and software is a given and you will be expected to investigate the use of new technologies as they become available.

If you have an interest in working on innovative projects with cutting-edge technology using Google Cloud Platform, this job could be a great opportunity for you. We are going to set up a software engineering team next to our current platform and data team and you could be one of the first to get on board. Lots of growth opportunities are waiting for you.

A few things you are doing:

• Understanding existing customer systems and re-architect them on GCP as part of a wider project team. Working on app modernization a lot.
• Working with your fellow Engineers to translate customer requirements into technical designs, and follow this through to delivery of the solution. You will be able to design highly available, complex platforms.
• Contributing to the design alongside the platform team to build highly available, global and cloud-native platforms.
• Building software based on modern architecture techniques such as microservices.
• Applying modern software methodologies to your code; for example Twelve-Factor App.
• Mentoring junior members of the team and helping to drive their development.
• Contribute to internal tooling that the wider GCP team builds and maintains.

About us

Here at CTS, we help our customers do great things with Google Cloud and we’d love for you to be a part of our journey. As the largest dedicated Google Cloud practice in Europe, we’re proud to work with businesses around the world who want to differentiate themselves by adopting Google technologies and creating a culture of innovation and sustainability.

Our working policies enable our colleagues to strike a good balance between professional and personal life; we appreciate there is more than just work! Because of things like remote working, unlimited holidays, and other awesome benefits, we offer a workplace that challenges traditional ways of working.

Driving progress and sustainability is at the heart of what we do and we support this by working with the B Corporation framework. You can even find us in the Flexa Careers list as one of the most flexible employers in the world for 2022. If you’re passionate, curious, and ready to get stuck in and help us change the world using Google Cloud technology, read on to find out more.

What you’d bring

We would love it if you could bring these skills with you:

• Commercial experience programming in Python and at least one other language; for example: Javascript / Typescript / NodeJS, SC, Go, C#.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure), including the use of their data related components to build solutions.
• An understanding of modern software patterns and methodologies such as Twelve-Factor, Progressive Apps, Single Page Apps, Observables, etc.
• Happy writing queries against common Databases be it MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
• Comfortable developing with Docker.
• Experience in using unit testing and CI / CD and following TDD best-practice (utilising frameworks such as Mocha, Jest, Jasmine etc.)
• Experience building, consuming and integrating with REST APIs.
• Confident communicator both written and verbally.

We don't live in the ideal world, so if you’re not familiar with some of the technologies mentioned above, but are motivated to learn, then we would also like to speak to you.

If you currently perform some kind of similar role to a Python Software Engineer, e.g. a Platform Engineer, Python Engineer or Software Engineer, and would like to understand more about the responsibilities you’d have at CTS, then we can explore this on an initial call.

Location and flexibility

As part of our DNA, we offer a flexible working environment, so we encourage you to apply and ask if this is something you require.

When it comes to your working location, we’d leave it to you to decide what works best. You can live anywhere in the UK or the Netherlands and work completely remotely if you would prefer.

If you live near any of our offices in Utrecht, Manchester, Edinburgh or London, you can of course also choose to work from the office as often as you want. We may ask you to travel occasionally to one of our offices (or a customer site) for specific meetings or team building/social events.

Fair Pay. Done Right.

Our "Fair Pay. Done Right." commitment: We don't advertise salary brackets because we don't have salary brackets. We encourage conversation about your (and our) salary expectations from the off and throughout your time with us, but we don't want to discourage anyone from applying because they are on significantly more or less than a "bracket".

What you’ll get

In addition to a competitive salary (see our “Fair Pay. Done Right” commitment), the CTS benefits package is outlined below:

• Company contributed pension scheme, private health insurance and Death in Service Scheme.
• Unlimited paid holiday days. It is not all about working!
• Flexible work culture. We trust you to manage your time and workload responsibly.
• Take up to 10 paid 'Learning Days' (in addition to your annual leave) to spend on professional development.
• Work From Anywhere' policy. Work abroad up to 90 days a year.
• A minimum of two whole-company social events each year. This might perhaps be one of the nicest benefits, as we typically have one ‘Kick-Off’ every year in a sunny location in Europe.
• The ability to complete Professional Google Certifications and other industry-recognized training and certifications (paid for by the company).
• Industry-leading parental leave policies, health and wellness initiatives, and access to a discount and rewards program (including discounted gym memberships).

Whats next

Our Talent Specialists will contact you a.s.a.p. after your application. If we agree that there is a match, then 2 follow-up interviews will take place. One informal interview with a Principal Engineer or Lead Engineer, and a second more technical interview with two Senior Engineers.

We don’t believe in long drawn-out interview processes. We try wherever possible to move things along quickly. There is no technical challenge or coding assessment, we believe that having a meaningful technical conversation is the best way to understand your skills and experience.

If all interviews go well, we will then make you a nice offer and, if you accept it, we will talk about the onboarding process.

If all interviews go well, we will then make you a nice offer and, if you accept it, we will talk about the onboarding process.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:

At CTS, we look after each other and support everyone on our team. We’re proud of our people-centered culture; our diversity brings us innovation and our commitment to inclusion drives us forward. If you share these values and would be interested in joining one of our teams, get in touch today!