Senior Developer - Lead Secure Digital Services (Hybrid)

Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave

8 Bank Holidays + Privilege Day

Staff discount portal

Professional qualifications funded

Job summary

Department for Transport in the Digital, Information and Security Directorate is seeking a Senior Developer to lead the design, build and continuous improvement of secure, scalable digital services that support critical government operations.

You will work within the Create Service Line, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate user and business needs into effective technical solutions, while championing best practice in software engineering and agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and leading development of complex software.
• Ability to act as the technical lead within a development team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines to understand and design service solutions.
• Continuous improvement mindset to enhance system robustness, resilience, and stability.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and approaches.
• Willingness to work towards certifications in Google and Microsoft technologies and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Planning and leading development on sets of related stories.
• Understanding the whole system and teaching it to others.
• Working with other disciplines to understand what needs to be built.
• Coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Operating the production services you build.
• Finding ways to improve system robustness, resilience, and stability.
• Participating in various technologies communities of practise.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile delivery

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Continuous improvement

Learning mindset

Certifications readiness

Job description

Department for Transport in the Digital, Information and Security Directorate is seeking a Senior Developer to lead the design, build and continuous improvement of secure, scalable digital services that support critical government operations.

You will work within the Create Service Line, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate user and business needs into effective technical solutions, while championing best practice in software engineering and agile delivery.