Senior Software Developer - Hybrid, Security Cleared

The Methodist Church in Britain; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave plus holidays

Civil Service pension schemes

Training and development opportunities

Flexible benefits

Family-friendly policies

Paid paternity/adoption/maternityLeave

Employee networks

Job summary

HM Courts and Tribunals Service, part of the Ministry of Justice, seeks a senior Software Developer to build and maintain Java and Node.js applications. The role requires leading on design, integration, and live support with a strong emphasis on security and governance.

You will mentor colleagues, drive code quality, and coordinate with product managers and architects while working in a hybrid model with substantial office attendance.

Qualifications

• Experience in a modern object-oriented programming language and the core tech stack.
• Experience developing enterprise and public-facing applications.
• Experience working with modern tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Write, amend, refactor and document complex code, setting development standards.
• Support and maintain live software, troubleshoot faults, and deploy builds.
• Design medium-risk systems and review others' designs through governance.
• Ensure products are secure and handle information with confidentiality and integrity.
• Plan development, coordinate integration and support testing.
• Lead code reviews and mentor junior colleagues; participate in recruitment.
• Monitor the tech stack and produce modern, well-engineered products.
• Define, measure and improve service availability cost-effectively.
• Translate user stories into designs, collaborating with user researchers.
• Work with product managers, designers, business analysts and digital architects.
• Participate in and lead procurement activities.

Skills

OO language experience

Enterprise/public apps

Modern tools & techniques

HTTP & web framework

Relational databases (PostgreSQL)

Security awareness

Problem solving

Tools

Spring Boot

Angular

ORM

Cloud hosting

Git / Source control

CI/CD tooling

Job description

HM Courts and Tribunals Service, part of the Ministry of Justice, seeks a senior Software Developer to build and maintain Java and Node.js applications. The role requires leading on design, integration, and live support with a strong emphasis on security and governance.

You will mentor colleagues, drive code quality, and coordinate with product managers and architects while working in a hybrid model with substantial office attendance.