Senior Software Engineer (£42,848 - £57,400)

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Swansea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency in the UK seeks developers to work on innovative digital services. You will develop applications using Java and Ruby on Rails within an agile environment. The role offers great opportunities for skill development, including formal certification support. The agency fosters a positive work-life balance and encourages collaboration within teams.

Benefits

High spec Macbook

Support for achieving certifications

Qualifications

• No specific Java experience is needed.
• You will be developing applications and reusable components.
• You will receive support to achieve certification in relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Work within a technical framework to meet customer requirements.
• Develop Software in an agile team environment.
• Mentor junior developers.

Skills

Passion for building maintainable applications

Experience with Java or similar object-oriented language

Familiarity with Ruby on Rails and React

Tools

SpringBoot

OpenAPI

AWS

Job description

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deliver wide reaching digital services to the UK public and industry. We maintain the national record of vehicles and drivers. If you have applied for a driving licence, changed vehicle, re-licensed your vehicle or completed a vehicle enquiry you would have used one of our services.

The time is right to join one of the leading agile, cloud and technical departments in the government, one that is constantly pushing the boundaries of technological innovation to find, develop, and introduce new and innovative technological advancements. On a modern cloud platform, we work with a range of industry-leading technologies, such as serverless, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Within and between our teams, we have a friendly and stable engineering community. Keeping work life enjoyable is key to us, and we strive to ensure the efficient and secure use of software and infrastructure.

Our current deliveries include:

• Two major programmes of work, modernising our drivers and vehicles services and systems.
• Entirely new services including a new customer portal, mobile digital driving licence and identity platform.
• The DVLA digital payment service that helps us collect around 6 billion pounds a year.
• New versions of key driving licence services that will help us to reduce paper forms, reduce waiting times and to enable all of our customers to transact digitally.

As part of our core business services, you will work with Java and SpringBoot alongside tools like OpenAPI. No specific Java experience is needed. All you need is a passion for building clean, maintainable, and secure applications using an object-oriented language.

If you’re working on the front-end, you’ll be developing applications and reusable components using a combination of Ruby on Rails and React. You will also have the opportunity to build and develop our external and internal UIs, so this is an exciting opportunity to deliver far reaching, intuitive and accessible front-end systems.

As part of our ongoing mission to support and develop all staff within the DVLA, you will be given a high spec Macbook and we will help you to achieve certification in areas such as AWS and Java, as well as giving you the freedom and support necessary to perform in your role and continuously develop your skill set.

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Working within a technical framework of the project to meet customer requirements.
• Developing Software in an agile team environment.
• Application Support.
• Working closely with business analysts and agile delivery managers to prepare and review user stories and tasks.
• Some testing responsibilities.
• Mentoring junior developers within the team.

For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.

Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA?

If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on 13th August at 12:00pm.

Please click here to book on.

Additional Information

Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

Due to the evolving nature of the business, vacancies can become available at any time. Therefore, this campaign may create a reserve list to fulfil demand if it arises which will be held for a period of 12 months.