Senior Software Developer

Lewisham Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design and implement solutions using Microsoft PowerApps. You will collaborate with stakeholders to enhance digital services offered to the community. The role includes excellent training opportunities and a hybrid work model combining office and home-working. A focus on innovative technologies and user-centered design is essential, with a strong emphasis on the Power Platform.

Benefits

Local Government Pension scheme

Flexible working policies

Season ticket and bicycle loans

Staff discounts including gym memberships

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience with the whole development lifecycle for Microsoft Power Platform.
• Passion for Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Portals.
• Experience with migration of existing business solutions to PowerApps.
• Skills in integrating PowerApps applications with third-party cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deliver solutions to support PowerApps adoption.
• Work with stakeholders to capture requirements and implement solutions.
• Utilize Microsoft Power Platform technologies.

Job description

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Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Looking to build innovative digital products that users love?

The Digital Product and Development team is passionate about delivering new and improved digital products for residents, staff and businesses in Lewisham. Our team combines product managers, product designers, software developers and delivery specialists, who work together seamlessly, taking services from concept through to launch. We deliver services in a modern, agile way, with the user at the heart of delivery.

Here's what sets us apart:

• Cross-functional Collaboration: We break down silos, fostering communication and innovation.
• Agile Delivery: We iterate quickly, adapting to changing needs and user feedback.
• User-Centric Design: We create beautiful, intuitive interfaces that solve real problems.
• Data-Driven Decisions: We use data to measure success and continuously improve.
• Modern tooling:We use industry standard tooling such as Azure DevOps for lifecycle management, Figma for UX/UI designs, various tools for user research and testing, Figjam for process design and discovery, plus more…

What’s the role?

As a Senior Software Developer, you will be responsible for working with business stakeholders and the development team to design, build and deliver a series of high-quality solutions to support our adoption of PowerApps in the council. You’ll be highly experienced designing, developing, and maintaining solutions utilising Microsoft Power Platform, whilst also having experience of core development languages and principles. This is a great opportunity to work in an exciting environment, building and improving applications which make a real impact in how our services function, and ultimately improving the lives for our residents.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

•Demonstrable experience of the whole development lifecycle for Microsoft Power Platform.
•Passion for Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Portals.
•Experience with the migration of existing business solutions from older technology to PowerApps.
•Experience working with internal stakeholders to capture requirements and turn them into solutions for implementation.
•Knowledge of establishing Power Platform environments, users, licenses, capacity management, and backup policies.
•Established strong PowerApps practices and strategies to optimize performance, security, and scalability.
•Understanding of integrating PowerApps applications with third-party cloud solutions through APIs.

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

Special conditions

• Power Platform Functional Consultant PL- (desirable)

Mandatory Technical Skills:

The following skills are a mandatory requirement of the position, technical evaluation will be carried out during the interview process and during the probationary period.

• Dataverse
• Dynamics Customer Service
• Power Pages/Portals
• Power Automate
• XRM API for MDA
• Microsoft Dynamics Web API / OData
• CSS
• HTML
• REST
• Knowledge of Azure operations and services