Python Cloud Developer
Lightfoot
About Us
We are Lightfoot, a high-growth technology company based just outside Exeter that is focused on making a difference worldwide, one driver at a time. We help businesses and private motorists improve efficiency and safety.
Our technology has been proven to reduce fuel use and emissions rates by 10-20%, and at-fault accidents and wear and tear by 40-50%. It connects to your vehicle’s on-board computer and uses all the live data it produces to analyse how efficiently you are driving. It’s similar to how performance is analysed in Formula 1. Lightfoot turns that data into simple feedback for you – the driver – so you know when you’re pushing your vehicle too far and can bring it back to maximum efficiency. Beyond the vehicle, our proprietary gamification platform engages users via our app, giving our driver community the opportunity to engage in their performance and to win weekly cash prizes and rewards for achieving Elite Driver standard. Our solutions are highly differentiated from the competition which has helped us secure circa 300 of the UK’s largest fleet customers including Tesco, Asda, Southwest Water, Iceland and Virgin Media to name a few.
More recently, we’ve started leveraging our gamification IP to expand our product offering to beyond drivers. With our new app-only solution we can now incentivise and reward all sorts of measurable behaviours for our customers, from physical activity to online order picking. We’ve given away nearly £2m in prize money incentivising and rewarding desirable behaviours and are excited about the value this can bring to our customer and to our growth prospects.
We’re a fun-loving bunch who are growing at an astonishing rate. We’ve moved into a state-of-the-art office near Exeter in the beautiful Southwest (which was voted Exeter’s ‘Best Workspace’). We are excited to keep growing the Lightfoot family with like-minded, passionate individuals who share our values:
We care deeply | We are innovative | We deliver excellence |
We are customer first | We are friendly and celebrate individuality
Job Outline
We’re looking for a highly skilled Python developer to join our amazing team, bringing expertise and experience to critical architecture evolution projects. This role involves development, modernisation and optimization of high-performance systems, designing and implementing robust solutions, and ensuring seamless integration within our AWS-based infrastructure. The successful candidate will have experience with AWS services, be well-versed in modern software architecture best practices, and have a strong understanding of scalable and efficient system design.
We’re looking for someone who takes a meticulous approach to code quality and system integrity, enjoys collaborating within a team, and thrives on seeing their solutions deployed into production. If you’re passionate about solving complex problems and eager to leverage the latest AWS technologies, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities
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- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, real-time telematics applications using Python
- Optimize code for low latency and high throughput to handle large-scale vehicle data processing efficiently
- Utilize AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and RDS for cloud-native application development
- Implement containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures where applicable
- Implement best practices for secure data transmission and storage, ensuring compliance with industry standards
- Monitor system performance using AWS tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray) and troubleshoot issues to maintain high availability
- Work closely with data engineers, DevOps, and product teams to align software solutions with business needs
- Participate in code reviews, system architecture discussions, and Agile development processes to enhance software quality
Desired qualifications, skills and experience
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- Expert in Python is Essential
- Expert in designing and building highly efficient, available and scalable software is Essential
- Familiarity with test driven design methodologies is Essential
- Familiarity with different approaches to ETL processes, both in an out of AWS is Essential
- Excellent familiarity of AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Aurora, Kinesis etc is Essential
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, K8, Helm) is Essential
- Highly skilled using python or other scripting language is Essential
- Experience of using Git, IAC and CICD practices is Essential
- Familiarity with agile processes in Jira is Beneficial
- Familiarity with Java & C++ is Beneficial
- Familiarity with MS Azure data warehousing ecosystem e.g. ADF is Preferred
Personal characteristics
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- Customer-centric approach, internal and external
- Excellent problem solver
- Attention to detail
- Defensive stance regarding production environments
- You will support and represent our core values: To Care, To Deliver, To Innovate
- Ability to communicate effectively with other developers and customers
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced collaborative environment with a large degree of autonomy
- Initiative
- Sense of humour
Benefits
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- Annual bonus scheme
- 24 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Birthday leave – an extra day off to celebrate
- End-of-year company closure between Christmas and New Year
- Holiday buy-back scheme – the opportunity to buy up to an extra week’s leave per annum
- Company sick pay
- Simplyhealth Optimise health plan
- Simplyhealth Denplan dental plan
- Group life insurance (death-in-service)
- Company pension
- Long service awards
- Refer-A-Friend scheme
- Hybrid working
- On-site parking
- Casual dress
- Company social events and activities
- A personal Lightfoot device
- Bravo benefits including
- cycle-to-work scheme
- financial wellbeing resources
- gym discounts
- MyMindPal app
- retail discount scheme
- tech benefits
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