Contract: 12 weeks (2 January – 31 March 2027)
Engagement: Contract
Working arrangement: Remote
Olive Jar Digital is looking for an experienced Full-Stack Developer with strong Python, Django and CI/CD experience to support a Central Government project with our central government client .
You'll help build a staff-facing referral application as part of a 12-week discovery and technical proof of concept, developing accessible user journeys, integrating backend services and establishing automated deployment workflows.
Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop application features using Python and Django.
Build accessible, user-friendly interfaces using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Integrate frontend journeys with backend APIs and referral workflows.
Develop and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
Implement automated testing and deployment workflows.
Support SSO integration, application security and access controls.
Work alongside DBT platform engineers on deployment and operational readiness.
Produce technical documentation and deployment runbooks.
Strong full-stack development experience with Python and Django.
Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience integrating frontend applications with backend services and APIs.
Understanding of SSO, application security and access management.
Experience with automated testing, application monitoring and deployment.
React or Node.js.
AWS and Terraform exposure.
GOV.UK design patterns and WCAG accessibility standards.
Experience delivering within Central Government or public sector environments.
Python, Django, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, AWS, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Additional InformationThis is a 12-week proof-of-concept engagement, with work taking place in a non-production environment. The focus is application development, CI/CD and operational readiness, working alongside our clients platform specialists.
Skills Required
- Strong full-stack development experience with Python and Django
- Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience integrating frontend applications with backend services and APIs
- Understanding of SSO, application security, and access management
- Experience with automated testing, application monitoring, and deployment
- Experience with React or Node.js
- Exposure to AWS and Terraform
- Experience with GOV.UK design patterns and WCAG accessibility standards
- Experience delivering within central government or public sector environments
What We Do
Olive Jar Digital has extensive experience in building highly secure, resilient, highly available and scalable websites. We focus on user experience and only build what the end user needs and understands. We deliver our projects using the Agile methodology, in particular Scrum and Kanban. This enables us to deliver on time, on budget and focus on priorities that could shift at any moment. The consultants we engage are either people that we have worked with over the years, have been recommended based on their performance, or have been interviewed and tested by us first. With Olive Jar you get a professional, honest service where we look to build a relationship with you and support you over the years to come. We believe that in order to track the quality of performance effectively, our delivery team, the end client, and our account management team need to buy into a Continual Service Feedback and Improvement ethos. The resources we can provide include: • Full Agile Teams • Delivery Managers • Business Analysts • Technical Architects • Scrum Masters • User Experience Designers • Visual Designer • User Researchers • Developers / Developers in Test • Testers Specialties: IT Consultancy, Software Support, Software Development, Website Design, Agile Delivery, Continuous Delivery
