Software Developer
Home Office Digital, Data and Technology -
Full-time (Permanent)
£41,600 - £44,512 - An additional allowance up to £8,300 is available for candidates with exceptional skills & experience.
Published on
25 January 2024
Deadline
7 February 2024
🚀 Our tech stack 🚀
We have an extremely large range of tech and tools used in the Home Office, below are some of the main things we use: 
Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform
Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular 
Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra 
DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform 
🎯 Your Mission 🎯
- Building RESTful web services to serve a variety of citizen and government needs, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce. 
- Implementing toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability. 
- Delivering secure, reliable and scalable software in your team; undertaking a breadth of development tasks.
- Designing new software using appropriate tools and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping. 
- Reporting on system performance and support test activities; keep documentation up to date. 
- Supporting services you deliver through regular maintenance activities, balancing your work with your leadership. 
- Working with other engineers to deliver new capability, for instance improved CI/CD pipelines or test approaches.
👀 About you 👀
As a developer you will have experience of:  
- Backend or full-stack development, with detailed knowledge and experience of modern languages such as Python, Java, PHP, C# or JavaScript. Alternatively, development of automation solutions using Lo-Code Frameworks such as UiPath and Power Platform or experience of building Serverless, cloud-hosted solutions.
- Experience of agile practices and version control. 
- Experience using different testing techniques like unit testing.  
- Experience working with databases. 
- Knowledge and awareness of the full software development lifecycle.  
- An interest in cloud based approaches and orchestration tools such as AWS, Azure, Docker and Kubernetes. 
Some of the benefits our engineers love!
- 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 - Click here for the video