Senior Developer - Insolvency Service - SEO
Government Digital & Data -
Location
Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham. (Croydon and Stratford will only be available to existing employees of the Insolvency Service).
About the job
Job summary
The Insolvency Service is a leading government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic Senior Developer within our Digital Services team. We are responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting the agency’s line of business applications.
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 9 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability network group, Employee Assistance, Representatives, FACES Network Group, LGBT+, Mind Matters, Part Time Workers, The Shed - Men’s Network Group and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic Senior Developer within our Digital Services team. We are responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting the agency’s line of business applications.
Job description
The successful candidate will be working on the Digital Service team (part of the Change Technology Services within the Insolvency Service) responsible for enterprise line-of-business applications used by both internal and external organisations as well as the general public.
We are consolidating our technology stack and moving away from legacy services to focus on the use Microsoft's .NET 10 framework and Azure services, so this is a fantastic opportunity to help shape our technology and the way we work for a sustainable, user-centric future. We would love to for you to be part of that new team.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Software Developer you will:
- support the Lead Software Engineer and implement digital services using C#, HTML, CSS, (and some JavaScript for progressive enhancement only) and the Azure stack, i.e. Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, AI Search, Azure app services, Function apps, meeting the requirements of the Technology Code of Practice and Gov.UK Service manual
- identify and fix faults in digital services
- assist the developers across our development teams, acting as a mentor and coach
- promote a culture of knowledge sharing and the adoption of good practice
- assist the teams within Digital Services, offering them expert advice and guidance, including operations leads, product managers and QAT leads
- work with a multi-disciplinary team and business stakeholders, fostering good relationships and responding to views and challenges from others
- advocate user-centric, agile approaches which focus on efficient, effective delivery of high-quality digital services within the team and the wider agency
- transform government into a modern, agile development centre by embedding practices such as Behaviour and Test-Driven Development, continuous deployment, and DevOp
Person specification
The ideal candidate will have:
- demonstrable knowledge of .NET, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (client-side, express.js, hapi) and the Azure stack, i.e. Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, AI Search, Azure app services, Function apps, meeting the requirements of the Technology Code of Practice and Gov.UK Service manual. You must also be proficient in using visual Studio 2022 (or Visual Studio 2026)
- have an understanding of a number of integration implementations including real-time, scheduled, API, batch and messaging services
- experience of IaaS and PaaS solutions
- understand the importance of good documentation
- enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and mentoring others, supporting the team and nurturing its growth
- knowledge and experience of modern development practices such as BDD and TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps, modern development workflows, ideally using GitHub, as well as an understanding of modern design principles such as clean architecture, OOP, SOLID, RESTful APIs
- a good understanding of web application security and awareness of the OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities
- have good analytical and problem solving skills to be able identify and solve software defects
Please note: This vacancy is advertised across 11 locations; however, Stratford and Croydon are only available to current Insolvency Service Staff. The advertised salary includes London weighting, which is only applicable to internal candidates.
