Historic England Hiring for Software Developer Job at London, England Full Time

Summary

We are seeking a .Net developer with an eye for detail and a passion for crafting responsive web applications using modern standards. Do you want an employer that cares about you and the way they work? Do you want to be part of an organisation that cares and protects our shared heritage? Do you want to be part of a talented team?

Historic England is looking for a dependable and motivated .Net developer to join our agile scrum team delivering secure, dependable code which does the best possible job, on time and on budget. We love coding, optimising and problem solving and want to work with people who feel the same! In return we offer a dedicated training day every sprint, flexible hybrid working and the chance to shape the website of a major national organisation.

What you will be doing

You will be responsible for the development and support of custom software applications within Historic England, which includes our internal business systems and public facing web applications. The Software Developer will develop and support Historic England applications. You will maintain the efficient functioning of existing systems, estimate and implement changes to existing systems submitted to our business change process. You will ensure high quality, efficient, reliable code, including peer reviewing the work of other back-end developers, and take on board feedback from peer review of your work and make sure our legal obligations and policy expectations are met, including health & safety, equality & diversity, finance, procurement, information security and managing people.

You will make a contribution to a culture of continuous improvement, promoting best practice and enhancing existing systems, whilst working collaboratively within an Agile team to apply your technical skills to deliver the business`s strategy and users` needs. You will evaluate and recommend current and emerging tools and technology that Historic England could exploit, including representing Historic England on developer forums, contributing to technical design and architectural decisions and keep focused on the 4 agile principles: Value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, value working software over comprehensive documentation, value customer collaboration over contract negotiation and value responding to change over following a plan.

What we are looking for

• A recognised qualification in computing or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining ASP.NET/C#.NET web-based applications.
• Proven experience of creating and maintaining SQL Server databases.
• Proven experience of detailed involvement in all stages of the system life cycle in a professional software development environment.
• Ability to work well in a team, preferably agile
• Demonstrable experience of developing secure applications.

Please make clear reference to the key essential skills in the advert when you are completing your application and highlight examples of any related knowledge, skills and experienced based on these.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 21% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at [email protected] or telephone 07763387811 if you have any recruitment queries.

Provisional interview date Monday 25th or 26th August 2022 by Microsoft Teams.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £30,983.00-£34,446.00 per year