Home Office : Software Developer

Developer is needed in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Client: Home Office

Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom

Contract: Part Time, Full Time, Other

Details

• Reference number: 324130
• Salary: £41,600 - £44,512
• An additional allowance up to £8,300 is available for candidates with exceptional skills & experience.
• Job grade: Senior Executive Officer
• Contract type: Permanent
• Business area: HO - Digital Data and Technology - Engineering
• Type of role: Digital, Engineering, Information Technology
• Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed Hours
• Number of jobs available: 8

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

• Sheffield S3 8NU, Manchester M5 3LZ

About the job

Job summary

As a Developer you’ll ensure high quality code is delivered in line with project goals and delivery cycles. You’ll thrive using agile methods and enjoy working openly, collaboratively and as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on one or more projects.

This is a mid-level developer role. You’ll work with seniors and principals whilst starting to coach and mentor associate (junior) engineers.

To be considered for this role, you will need to successfully complete SC clearance before commencing the role. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.

Job description

We’re passionate about building software that solves problems. We’re home to some of the most important public services in the United Kingdom and are transforming how we use data and technology to improve them.

You could be designing, building and supporting solutions to help people prove their identity or apply for visas or working on the critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism and help protect UK borders. Our success in this role depends on our ability to exploit the latest technologies to create leading-edge, world class solutions whilst ensuring they are secure and resilient.

We develop over 500 services which have millions of users worldwide. If these types of projects excite you, we’d love for you to join us!

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

What we offer

Great work life balance! We offer a lot of autonomy and flexible working patterns that can be agreed based on your personal needs. We currently offer a hybrid working model from home with an expectation to be in the office from time to time for team activities which is agreed locally (around 40% in the office).

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 methodology
• Test-driven development with a focus on automation
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Review code via pull requests
• Pairing smartly
• Infrastructure as code & a modern DevOps environment
• Upskilling and training across our tech stack