Senior Software Developer

? What we offer ?

We know that great software requires great coding practices. Here are some key practices which we insist upon across our teams that allow us to release with speed and quality.

• Agile principles

• Test-driven development with a focus on automation

• Continuous integration and continuous delivery

• Review code via pull requests

• Pairing smartly

• Infrastructure as code.

Who we're looking for

As a Senior Developer you’ll take ownership over the products, features and services your team looks after, being curious at heart with a desire to make things better. You’ll prioritise the focus on being one team with a passion for nurturing, coaching and sharing your knowledge with others whilst ensuring high quality code is delivered in line with project goals and delivery cycles and thrive using agile methods.

You will have skills in:

• developing applications and making a difference throughout the product lifecycle, generating ideas whilst contributing to design and prototyping and finally shipping

• programming languages such as C#, JavaScript, PHP or Python

• frameworks such as Node or React

• databases such as RDBMS or NoSQ

• agile methodologies

• Test-Driven Development (TDD)

• Cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, Azure or Google Cloud Platform

Please refer to the job advert for full roles and responsibilities.

? Some of the benefits our engineers enjoy ?

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, plus 8 days public holidays and 1 day for the King’s Birthday, rising further with service
• Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that right for you including part-time, flexi time and job sharing
• Training and development opportunities tailored to your role
• An in-year bonus scheme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

This link is to a short guide on YouTube to employee benefits:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHT1g1Ph0f0