Senior Developer (£44,241 - £58,997)

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Swansea; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

DVSA’s Senior Developer role at the Government Recruitment Service based in Swansea focuses on designing, building and evolving high-impact digital platforms for public services. You will work in an Agile multi-disciplinary team, driving quality software engineering practices and mentoring junior developers.

You’ll lead the development of digital services, APIs and data management solutions, applying design reviews and refactoring to ensure robust, user-centric systems.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital services using Agile methodologies.
• Ability to coach and mentor junior developers.
• Commitment to quality software engineering practices.
• Experience developing secure, scalable APIs.
• Proven track record of delivering software on time and to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Build digital services and software to meet a variety of user needs and comply with standards.
• Implement APIs for internal and external use.
• Lead and mentor Developers and Apprentices to support delivery objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement across end-to-end systems.
• Contribute to design reviews and code reviews to maintain quality.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Code review

Automated testing

APIs development

Leadership

Job description

Join DVSA’s mission to make roads safer and more efficient by shaping the future of digital public services. As a Senior Developer, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and evolving high-impact digital platforms and services that serve millions across the UK.

This will be a key role in the design, build, support, implementation and improvement of digital services, products, and platforms across DVSA. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team using Agile delivery methodologies, delivering solutions that meet user needs.

You will be committed to quality and will promote quality software engineering techniques within the team, such as code review, design review, reusability of code, refactoring, automated testing, and use of standards.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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You will be expected to work from requirements or high-level design without the need for direct supervision and will be responsible for the development and delivery of well-designed and executed software and data management solutions, using Agile methodologies. You will coach, support and mentor individual and Junior/Apprentice developers.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Building digital services and software solutions to serve a variety of user’s needs and complying with the Digital by Default service standard.
• Implementing APIs for internal and external use.
• Developing solutions that put the user and user experience first.
• Fostering continuous improvement of services through identification and implementation of strategic end to end system improvements.
• Demonstrate leadership by providing influence, direction, and guidance to Developers, Junior/Apprentice Developers to support the delivery of objectives.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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Senior Developer (£44,241 - £58,997)

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £44,241 to £44,241 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Swansea

Job type: Permanent