Senior Software Developer - DevSecOps & Secure CI/CD

Metropolitan Police; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Police is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join its Counter Terrorism Policing HQ function. You will deliver secure, test‑driven code in a collaborative, Agile DevSecOps environment, mentoring peers and building reusable libraries.

Based in Birmingham or West London, with the option to work from home, you will work across modern stacks (Angular/.NET/TypeScript), Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to strengthen critical systems that protect public safety.

Qualifications

• Experience of software development in an Agile DevSecOps environment.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Stack includes .NET, Angular, TypeScript).
• Knowledge of CI/CD and automated testing is desirable.
• Excellent written communication and ability to document code clearly.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, secure code following a test-driven approach.
• Create reusable code libraries and open-by-default code.
• Mentor other developers and provide technical leadership.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and QA to deliver projects.
• Drive CI/CD improvements and automation.

Skills

Software development

Agile DevSecOps

Communication

Plain language

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Git

Angular

TypeScript

ASP.NET

SQL databases

Job description

Metropolitan Police is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join its Counter Terrorism Policing HQ function. You will deliver secure, test‑driven code in a collaborative, Agile DevSecOps environment, mentoring peers and building reusable libraries.

Based in Birmingham or West London, with the option to work from home, you will work across modern stacks (Angular/.NET/TypeScript), Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to strengthen critical systems that protect public safety.