Software Engineers

DWP Digital; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Flexible working

Engineering community

Job summary

DWP Digital’s Software Engineer team is seeking experienced Java Engineers to shape public digital services. You will develop and maintain software products as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, using AWS, Kubernetes, Java, Python, and CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with architects to design APIs, monitor system health, and drive quality through automated tests and best practices. The role emphasizes problem-solving and delivering meaningful technology for public services with

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Software Engineer with Java.
• Experience building and running citizen/user-facing services.
• Comfort working in multi-functional Agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational stability of products and contribute to robustness and resilience.
• Design and build software in collaboration with architects and engineers.
• Develop and consume APIs with an API-first approach.
• Monitor system health and reliability, and improve test coverage.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and share ideas for improvement.
• Promote best practices to deliver quality software products.
• Contribute to reusable libraries and services architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance within software engineering teams.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

API design

Agile

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Are you an experienced talented Java Engineer looking for the next challenge? Are you ready to shape the future of digital services that impact millions of lives? Want to work on meaningful technology that drives real-world change? Would you like to join our Software Engineer team to help DWP Digital modernise the way it delivers public services? We're looking for outstanding Software Engineers, who wants to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. Be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people. Our Engineers will build and run applications as part of a multi-functional agile delivery teams. What really excites the successful candidate is problem-solving and the opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for users. The candidate will be expected to draw value from collaboration with others, actively seek input from colleagues and value a multidisciplinary team over hierarchy. We use modern technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, Java, Python, and CI/CD pipelines. You'll have access to excellent learning and development, flexible working, and a strong engineering community that supports your career progression. Make an impact. Build something that matters. As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizen and organisation facing services and contribute towards their design.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products. Our Software Engineers are skilled practitioners and role models for software craft within DWP. You will:

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, in collaboration with architects and engineers, to design software products that make up services used by millions of people.
• Building and consuming APIs, with a focus on an API first design approach.
• Monitoring system robustness, resilience and stability.
• Collaborating with other areas to help build comprehensive suites of automated tests to improve product quality.
• Participating directly in agile ceremonies and contributing ideas.
• Help make sure we follow best practice and will guide our teams on how to deliver quality software products.
• Help design and support the strategies for building reusable libraries and services.
• Support Software Engineering teams providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Contribute to setting strategic direction for product team and the wider Software Engineering community.