Software Engineer (AWS Connect)

Citizens Advice; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 55,242 - 67,519; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Advice is seeking a Software Engineer to build, test, and maintain software that provides value to users. This role involves collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to enhance client access to advice through integrated services and real-time data use.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, experience in modern programming languages, and an eagerness to learn Ruby on Rails. This position offers flexible working arrangements, blending office and home work.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a software engineering role.
• Understanding of software development principles and agile methodologies.
• Proven experience in at least one modern programming language.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building, testing, and maintaining software.
• Work collaboratively to solve problems and contribute to a shared mission.
• Design and evolve contact flows and integrate with core platforms.

Skills

Proven experience in a software engineering role

Understanding of software development principles

Experience with version control (e.g., Git)

Proven experience in at least one modern programming language

Willingness to learn Ruby on Rails

Job description

Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales). Time in office negotiable

Salary: £61,381, plus London allowance of £3,612 if applicable

The Software Engineer role is responsible for building, testing, and maintaining software that delivers value to our users. The role works collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to solve problems and contribute to a shared mission.

We are continuing to invest in our modern, cloud-first contact centre built on Amazon Connect, with a clear ambition to deliver a truly integrated, customer-focused experience across our network and clients. This role offers the opportunity to shape how clients access advice—bringing together voice, chat, and digital journeys into a seamless, intelligent service that routes people to the right support first time. You’ll work as part of a multidisciplinary team to design and evolve contact flows, integrate with core platforms such as case management and knowledge systems, and use real‑time data to continuously improve outcomes. Crucially, you will help simplify the tools our advisers use daily to ensure they can devote their full attention and expertise to providing valuable human support to our clients. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about using cloud technologies to remove friction, improve accessibility, and build a contact centre that genuinely meets the needs of vulnerable users—balancing scalability, security, and user experience at every step.

Please provide details in your cover letter to evidence the following essential criteria. Please make sure your cover letter provides evidence for the essential criteria succinctly.

• Proven experience in a software engineering role.
• Understanding of software development principles, version control (e.g., Git), and agile methodologies.
• Proven experience in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python, Ruby on Rails) and willingness to learn Ruby on Rails

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service.

Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue - a principle that underpins our all EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector - people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. We follow the social model of disability. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.

We’re a flexible employer, so this role may suit anyone who’d prefer a flexible arrangement to help their work/life balance, many of our colleagues spend most of their time working remotely. Whilst we prefer a blended approach between a local office, if one is near you, and home we’re open to being flexible on location, occasionally a role may require you to be based in a certain location if that's the case it will be detailed in the advert or job description. This can be discussed in more detail during your interview.

The National Citizens Advice operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.