Geospatial Python Developer
Loughborough, Leicestershire (with the option of hybrid working)

The Company

Previsico are surface water flood forecasting specialists enabling people and organisations to minimise the impact of flooding. Backed by Foresight Group and underpinned by two decades of research at Loughborough University, Previsico’s world leading solution is used by insurers, businesses and government to reduce their losses.

Our mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods whilst significantly reducing the cost of flooding. Having launched in January, 2019, we have a growing team of ~25 people with offices in Loughborough and London.

We are now looking for a Geospatial Python Developer to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £40,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience)
- An equity stake in the company
- Flexible/hybrid working policy
- Regular office get togethers which we call 'Lunch & Learn' sessions where we have guest speakers and lunch is provided
- Free office refreshments
- Annual Christmas Party (including partners)

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced commercial software developer with python programming experience to join our expert team and help us combat flooding.

Working at the frontline of a rapidly evolving, life-saving sector, your natural desire to test the limits of software and your technical innovation will flourish. Your problem-solving expertise will directly result in the aversion or minimisation of crises world-wide.

So, if you are ready to work at the absolute cutting-edge of modern software development in a role that really matters, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Geospatial Python Developer, you will help support communities and organisations globally to improve their resilience to floods by maintaining and developing our solutions.

Specifically, you will maintain and develop existing satellite-related prototype code into production. Identifying new technologies that may help develop existing products, you will programme and evolve other backend geospatial applications.

You will also work on the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications and co-ordinate with the operational team to meet application requirements for running in the cloud environment.

Additionally, you will:

- Write bespoke codes using Python programming language
- Write and support innovation grants and project reports

About You

To be considered as a Geospatial Python Developer, you will need:

- Proven experience in developing commercial software products in geospatial sectors
- Strong python programming experience in a business environment
- Experience with common geospatial processing python libraries
- Experience of developing on the Ubuntu OS
- Use and understanding of the GIT version control systems
- The ability to work with project managers to produce technical specifications
- A degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Geography, Engineering or a related field

Experience of the AWS Cloud environment would be advantageous, as would experience with flood modelling and working with satellite datasets.

Experience of the full development lifecycle from requirements analysis to design, development, testing and implementation would also be highly beneficial.

The closing date for this role is the 19th December 2022.

We thank you for your interest in this role. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from us directly, unfortunately you have not been successful.

Other organisations may call this role Python Developer, Commercial Software Developer, Geospatial Developer, or Back End Developer.

Webrecruit and Previsico are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to help us tackle flood resilience around the globe as a Geospatial Python Developer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.