C# .NET Software Developer - DfE - SEO

Location

Coventry CV1 2WT, Sheffield S1 2FJ, Manchester M1 2WD, Leeds LS1 4AP, Newcastle NE1 8QH, Darlington DL1 5QE

Please note – Leeds and Newcastle currently have site controls in place. Therefore, this location option is only available to existing DfE employees already assigned to this office location.

About the job

Job summary

These are exciting times at the Department for Education. In 2025 we'll continue to build more user-centred digital services for all our users, children, adults, and those in social care.

As a software developer, you’ll be part of a team responsible for developing and supporting scalable, secure, and high-quality user-centric digital services. You will assist senior team members in the design of the services. And you will work closely with colleagues within multidisciplinary agile teams, that focus on delivering work iteratively and at pace.

You will innovate to radically transform how public services are delivered and improved.

If you are successful, you will be working in the Data Capture and Ingestion Team within Data & Technology Directorate. We’re on a mission to radically improve how public services are delivered and experienced—and data is at the heart of this transformation. We provide a full range of capabilities including data sourcing, management, governance, sharing, statistics, and visualisation, supporting users across the Department for Education (DfE), the education sector, cross-government, and the public.

The Data Capture and Ingestion (DCI) team plays a pivotal role in supporting over 50 DfE data collections developed using diverse and modern tech stack including C# .Net, SQL, Angular, JavaScript, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft SharePoint 365, Oracle Intelligent Advisor, and Granicus GovService.  Our work ranges from creating simple one-page forms to architecting complex financial data collection systems. As we continue to evolve, we’re focused on building reusable shared components to streamline development and deployment—making it easier, faster, and more efficient to deliver high-quality digital services.

We’re seeking highly capable Software Developers to join the Data Capture and Ingestion team to help us achieve our vision and to shape the future of public services. As a Software Developer, you will design, build and support web, mobile, and desktop products, using both front-end and back-end technologies. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team of Digital and Data Professionals, working in agile delivery cycles and collaborating openly to deliver high-quality code that meets user needs and project goals.

Job description

As a Software Developer, you will:

• work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver user-focused services in an agile environment.
• develop in the C# .NET technology stack to agreed standards.
• build automated tests to support our continuous deployment processes.
• work to modern development standards, practices and techniques.
• work with the development community to ensure we build sustainable digital products.
• advocate user-centric, agile approaches which focus on rapid, effective delivery of high-quality digital services.
• transform government into a modern, agile development centre by embedding practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration & delivery.
• provide support for services where software development involvement is required.
• support sharing of methods and technologies across teams, government, and the industry by helping to organise events.
• help build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of software development using C# .NET along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience working with technical teams to deliver user-focused services in an agile environment.
• Experience of good practices such as Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, and DevOps as well as modern development workflows, ideally using GitHub.
• Experience of good software design concepts such as OOD, SOLID and design patterns.
• Experience of RESTful API design and loosely coupled architectures.
• Experience of web application security.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together