Department for Education Hiring for Software Developer Job at Bristol, England Full Time

You will be developing web, mobile and desktop products using both front-end web development languages and back-end technologies to innovate and radically transform how public services are delivered and improved.

You will deliver code in line with project goals and delivery cycles, while working openly and collaboratively in our team of Digital and Data Professionals

We are committed to developing our people and the next generation of data and technology leaders by offering a tailored learning and development plan for our colleagues. As well as offering flexible and modern working arrangements.

Read more about software development on the DfE Digital & Technology blog!

• Work with the development community, building sustainable digital products
• Work to modern development standards, practices, and techniques
• Build automated tests to support our continuous deployment environment
• Advocate user-centric, agile approaches to deliver high quality digital services
• Help build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance
• Transform government into a modern, agile development centre by embedding practices like Test Driven Development, continuous deployment, and DevOps
• Sharing methods and technologies across teams, government, and the industry by helping to organise events.

Responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

We are seeking talented Software Developers who can demonstrate knowledge of:

• Ruby,Ruby on Rails framework/ C#/.NET or similar
• Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, DevOps and modern development workflows, ideally using GitHub
• OOD, SOLID and design patterns
• RESTful API design and loosely coupled microservices architectures
• Understanding of web application security
• Working with technical teams to deliver user-focused services in an agile environment

Desirable:

• A cloud-first approach, experience of IaaS and PaaS solutions, understanding infrastructure-as-code and containerisation
• Enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and mentoring others

Desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of a tie break situation to make an informed decision.

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Expert coding skills in one of the languages stated in the advert
• Application of development processes