Senior Software Developer - Build Secure Public Services

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabinet Office Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Technical Live Services team. You will design, build, and maintain critical public-facing services, applying modern software engineering practices to ensure reliability and security.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, mentor juniors, and help drive continuous improvement across code, architecture, and deployment pipelines, including occasional travel to government sites.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering secure, scalable software.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong programming in Python and JavaScript with modern web frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, run, and improve high-quality digital services.
• Write clean, secure, well-tested code with good documentation.
• Establish robust deployment pipelines (CI/CD) for new and existing sites.

Skills

TDD/CI-CD

DevOps

Python

JavaScript

Django/Wagtail

Node/Next.js

SQL/DBMS

AWS

REST/HTTP

Security

Tools

Git

GitHub Actions

AWS CodePipeline

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

Job description

Cabinet Office Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Technical Live Services team. You will design, build, and maintain critical public-facing services, applying modern software engineering practices to ensure reliability and security.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, mentor juniors, and help drive continuous improvement across code, architecture, and deployment pipelines, including occasional travel to government sites.