Senior Software Developer .net - DfE - G7

Location

Coventry CV1 2WT, Darlington DL1 5QE, Manchester M1 2WD, Newcastle NE1 8QH, Nottingham NG2 1AW, Sheffield S1 2FJ

Please note – Newcastle and Nottingham 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 senior software developer, you will be part of a team responsible for developing and supporting scalable, secure, and high-quality user-centric digital services. Working with senior colleagues, you will lead team members on the design and build of digital services and 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 Solution Delivery Team within our Technology Directorate. We work on central repeatable tools that will form the backbone of the Departments services going forward. We have repeatable engines for API Management and Eligibility checking as well as other services in the pipeline that will be key to the future Department Tech Strategy. It’s an exciting area to work in with an established team.

Job description

As a Senior Software Developer, you will:

• lead and provide technical support for a group of developers within a multi-disciplinary team, sometimes including line management
• develop software within the C# .NET technology stack to agreed standards
• build automated tests to support our continuous deployment processes
• create and sustain modern development standards, practices and techniques for our development community
• work with the development community to ensure we build sustainable digital products
• support the ongoing optimisation of automated integration processes
• advocate user-centric, agile approaches which focus on rapid, effective delivery of high-quality digital services
• support, coach and mentor less experienced developers and help them integrate into teams
• transform government into a modern, agile development centre by embedding practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration & delivery
• triage and lead support of software issues within projects you are familiar with
• support sharing of methods and technologies across teams, government, and the industry by participating in and organising community events
• help build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, and balance. 

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• Strong practical experience of software development using C# .NET along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Experience leading within technical teams to deliver user-focused services in an agile environment
• Strong experience of good software development practices such as Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, and DevOps as well as modern development workflows, ideally using GitHub, and experience implementing software design concepts such as OOD, SOLID and design patterns
• Strong experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs or other loosely coupled architectures such microservices
• Strong understanding of web application security and experience applying it
• Experience in sharing knowledge, coaching others, and working in a diverse and inclusive multi-disciplinary team

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving