Senior Software Developer - Public Sector Digital Services

Cabinet Office; Norwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabinet Office Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, develop, and continuously improve secure, accessible digital services that align with government standards. You will work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to gather requirements, implement robust CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliable live services.

You will mentor teammates, contribute to architectural decisions, and help reduce legacy tech by delivering scalable solutions for UK public services.

Qualifications

• Extensive design, development and implementation experience for customised digital solutions.
• Experience establishing robust development and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary agile teams and stakeholders across public sector projects.
• Strong focus on secure, reliable, accessible digital services and government standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, run and improve high-quality, secure digital services.
• Write clean, well-tested code with proper documentation and comments.
• Help establish robust CI/CD pipelines for new and existing sites and services.
• Advise on software development standards and best practices across teams.
• Deliver integrated solutions across multiple systems and platforms.

Skills

CI/CD mindset

Collaborative teamwork

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Security-focused

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Diagnostics tools

Job description

Cabinet Office Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, develop, and continuously improve secure, accessible digital services that align with government standards. You will work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to gather requirements, implement robust CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliable live services.

You will mentor teammates, contribute to architectural decisions, and help reduce legacy tech by delivering scalable solutions for UK public services.