JavaScript Engineer

Graphics Unlimited (Vic) Pty Ltd; Blackpool; Hybrid; GBP 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prominent UK government department as a Software Engineer focusing on a major payments transformation programme. The role offers the chance to work with fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to enhance digital solutions impacting millions daily. Enjoy a generous benefits package with hybrid working options and a strong emphasis on work-life balance in a supportive engineering environment.

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Generous leave starting at 26 days

Interest-free loans for public transport

Discounts and savings on shopping

Time off for volunteering

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience developing in cloud-based environments like AWS or Azure.
• Knowledge of building automated test suites for continuous deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop user interfaces and APIs with an API first design approach.
• Collaborate in agile delivery teams to build and maintain digital solutions.

Skills

APIs

RESTful services

Microservice Architectures

SQL

NoSQL

Test Driven Development

Behaviour Driven Development

JavaScript

Node.js

Job description

Pay up to £58,347, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for outstanding Software Engineers to work on a large payments transformation programme at DWP.

Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
• Demonstrable experience in developing on cloud-based environments such as AWS or Azure.
• A good understanding of Test Driven Development(TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development(BDD).
• Experience of SQL or NoSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Knowledge and experience of developing large scale systems using open-source technologies like JavaScript, Node.js.
  
  

You and your role

This is a role working on our payments products, so a background in payments would be helpful. But it's not a requirement.

You will be building robust and accessible User Interfaces (UIs) that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.

You'll also be building and consuming APIs, with a focus on an API first design approach.

We want our Software Engineers to work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make design decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications on multi-functional agile delivery teams, alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

You'll be part of a thriving Engineering community of practice, supported by over 200 other engineering experts from across the UK, all united by passion and purpose.

We want you to be at your best. We'll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer pay of up to £58,347.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £12,345 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
  
  

Process

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.
  
  

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.