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Skytek is an award-winning software company specialising in creating innovative solutions for a range of complex and demanding industries.

Why Skytek?

Are you ready to embark on a career journey that combines cutting-edge technology, a dynamic work environment, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact? Look no further than Skytek! As a leading innovator in the technology industry, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values creativity, collaboration, and personal growth.

An inclusive environment

Skytek is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that is welcoming to all. Skytek is firmly opposed to any form of discrimination according to ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or age. Our core belief is that diverse teams mean better results, with a wide range of skills and backgrounds contributing to a greater whole, and our culture is one of hiring the best and helping them thrive.

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We currently don’t have any open positions. However, we are always interested in hearing from talented people. Please feel free to upload your C.V.

Available Positions

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Company Introduction

Skytek is an award-winning software solutions company specialising in the creation of innovative solutions for a range of complex and demanding industries including the space industry.
The key to Skytek’s success is taking the technology it has developed for space and applying it to other sectors including aviation, insurance and marine. Since its formation Skytek has grown into a world class software solution provider developing solutions that are intelligent, platform-independent and adaptable.

Job Description

This role will be a hybrid role, to work on our core products and major customer solutions. Skytek is looking for a web developer responsible for the development of both server-side logic and front-end elements using the latest web technologies.

The developer is expected to be highly technically proficient in Python, Django, PostgreSQL, HTML/CSS and JavaScript to be able to write, deploy and maintain web applications. The application domain will be Geospatial in nature so a strong knowledge of web-based frameworks such as Leaflet will be required.

Production experience with Docker and AWS environments is also an advantage.

The role will also involve liaising with customer representatives for product demonstrations and ongoing requirements capture and product definition so excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.

Responsibilities

  • Work either remotely or in Skytek office to developing new Geospatial web applications
  • Develop and support current Geospatial web applications for key Skytek clients
  • Work directly with the customer on future requirements
  • Based on requirements implement, build and maintain web applications.
  • Collaborate with current European development team.

 

Skills and Qualifications

  • BSc in Computer Science (or equivalent)
  • 5 years’ experience in web application product development using Django framework (key skill)
  • Experience developing with Python
  • Experience in building REST APIs
  • Experience with relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL
  • Experience developing with JavaScript, HTML5, DOM, CSS
  • Experience using JSON, XML, AJAX and jQuery
  • Knowledge and preferred experience with Leaflet, CesiumJS, GIS frameworks
  • Knowledge of Docker, AWS
  • Ability to communicate clearly with customers
  • Travel to customer locations for meetings/presentations

Desirable

  • Viewable examples of previous work
  • Knowledge of Docker and AWS ECS
  • Experience with asynchronous tasks in Python (Celery) and/or stream processing (Kafka)
  • Experience with Agile toolsets, i.e. JIRA and Confluence
  • Knowledge of big data concept and open source frameworks
  • Use of automated build process tools, version control systems.

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