Senior Software Engineer - Modernize Public Digital Services

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

Job summary

Cabinet Office in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build, run and continually improve secure, accessible digital services that support critical government functions.

You will work with multidisciplinary agile teams, technical architects, and stakeholders to gather requirements, integrate complex systems, and ensure reliability, security and scalability of public-facing platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, developing, and implementing customised digital solutions.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deploying secure, scalable services.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary agile teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of government standards and accessibility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, run, and improve secure, accessible digital services in line with government standards.
• Write clean, secure, and well-tested code with documentation and clear commentary.
• Help establish robust development and deployment pipelines (CI/CD) for sites and services.
• Adhere to internal processes while promoting development best practices.
• Deliver integrated, user-focused solutions across teams and platforms.
• Maintain software in live production environments and diagnose faults.
• Package and deploy software releases, occasionally outside core hours.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and mentor others.
• Travel between government sites for meetings and workshops.

Job description

Cabinet Office in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build, run and continually improve secure, accessible digital services that support critical government functions.

You will work with multidisciplinary agile teams, technical architects, and stakeholders to gather requirements, integrate complex systems, and ensure reliability, security and scalability of public-facing platforms.