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Department for Education Hiring for Software Developer Job at Bristol, England Full Time
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These are exciting times at the Department for Education. We are transforming to become a user centred organisation.
Reference number
177936
Salary
£36,498
For exceptional candidates an additional £7,000 market supplement allowance may be available
Grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
DFE – Education and Skills Funding Agency – ESFA – Customer Experience, Digital and Data (CEDD) – Data Science DFE – Digital and Tech
Type of role
Architecture and Data
Digital
Other
Digital
Other
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of posts
3
Location
Bristol BS1 6EH, Coventry CV1 2WT, Darlington DL1 5QE, Leeds LS2 8ER, Manchester M1 2WD, Nottingham NG1 6HJ ,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH, Sheffield S1 2FJ
About the job
Summary
These are exciting times at the Department for Education. We are transforming to become a user centred organisation.
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!
Job description
As a Software developer you will be designing and building software that makes a difference to people. You will:
- 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.
Technical skills
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
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements, such as job sharing, term-time working, flexitime and compressed hours.
- Blended working from home and the office
- Civil Service Pension Scheme, which many experts agree is one of the most generous in the UK
- 25 days leave, increasing by 1 day every year to a maximum of 30 days after five years’ service. In addition the Queen’s Birthday privilege holiday and 8 days’ bank and public holidays
- Professional development opportunities, with learning & development tailored to your role.
- Staff support networks including a Women’s Network, BAME Network, Interfaith Network, Wellbeing Network and many more