Senior Legacy Software Engineer – Shape Vehicle System Software

Government Recruitment Service; Swansea; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution 28.97%

25 days annual leave (+1 per year)

Flexible working options

Job summary

DVLA is recruiting a Senior Legacy Software Engineer to maintain and evolve the Vehicle System Software (VSS), the UK’s vehicle system of record. You will own technical challenges, drive stability and performance, and mentor the team to raise engineering standards.

Join a department delivering critical services to millions of customers, with benefits including generous pension, leave, and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining and evolving complex legacy software systems.
• Mentoring and supporting engineers to improve practices.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to troubleshoot in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigation and resolution of complex issues across the VSS estate.
• Develop, maintain and support software across client/server, batch and web services.
• Deliver technical changes and improvements with cross‑functional teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve resilience, performance and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across the team.

Job description

DVLA is recruiting a Senior Legacy Software Engineer to maintain and evolve the Vehicle System Software (VSS), the UK’s vehicle system of record. You will own technical challenges, drive stability and performance, and mentor the team to raise engineering standards.

Join a department delivering critical services to millions of customers, with benefits including generous pension, leave, and flexible working options.