About the Role
Derbyshire County Council (DCC) is revolutionising Adult Social Care & Health with SmartCareAI, an innovative AI powered tool that automates care assessment transcription and summarisation, freeing up practitioners to focus on the people they serve.
We’re looking for a skilled Lead Digital Developer to work alongside our inhouse developer to maintain and enhance this ground-breaking solution. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting its rollout across Adult Social Care & Health, troubleshooting real-world issues, and supporting frontline staff in their use of the tool.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate closely with the existing developer to ensure the SmartCare AI tool is robust, efficient, and fit for ongoing use.
- Design and optimise models for speech recognition, transcription, and intelligent summarisation, using Whisper, JAX, and ChatGPT.
- Build reliable, scalable solutions using Python and AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3 and SES.
- Continuously improve the tool based on feedback from Adult Social Care & Health professionals.
- Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting to staff using the solution across the service.
- Ensure high usability and accessibility by developing user-friendly interfaces with HTML/CSS and lightweight JavaScript where needed.
- Assist in ethical implementation, including data privacy, consent, and bias mitigation.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in Python for building and maintaining pipelines.
- Familiarity with AWS services (especially EC2, Lambda, S3, SES).
- Working knowledge of AI/ML techniques, particularly NLP and summarisation.
- Experience with ChatGPT/OpenAI APIs, and/or Whisper and JAX for audio transcription tasks.
- Good front-end skills (HTML/CSS/JS) to help refine and deploy accessible UI components.
- Experience collaborating with developers and supporting technical rollouts in complex environments.
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills to work directly with service users and support teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience in local government, adult social care & health, or healthcare domains.
- Understanding of UK public service data ethics, and AI in regulated sectors.
- Knowledge of accessibility and usability testing in frontline settings.
What we offer:
- A supportive and inclusive team environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month
- Derbyshire Rewards – Discounts from high street retailers and more
- Generous annual leave and flexi time scheme
- A chance to contribute to meaningful projects that improve services for residents and communities.
If you are a forward-thinking developer with a passion for innovation, we would love to hear from you!
Please upload a copy of your CV and include a covering letter with your application.
Provisional Interview Date: Week Commencing 4th August 2025
