Senior Software Developer - MoJ - G7

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

As a Senior Software Developer at the MoJ you will have technical and people responsibilities.

Technical:

Securely designing, building and maintaining APIs, services and systems 

Working on pre-existing codebases 

Improving the resilience and stability of software

Applying practices to enable continuous delivery

People:

Developing and influencing people via line management duties, informal and formal coaching, and mentoring

Supporting lead developers in building high performing teams

Helping to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance 

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential Criteria:

You will:

Apply modern development and deployment techniques to your work, including continuous integration and continuous delivery

Champion software maintenance, clean code, coding standards and practices that make change and consistency easier

Write automated tests to continuously validate your work

Thrive when you work as part of a team that abides by the spirit of the manifesto of agile software development

Have awareness of technologies used as a Developer for web applications (Including one or more of the technologies mentioned above in the ‘Our Tech Stack’ section) e.g databases, microservices, backups, CDNs and search, DevOps and Unix-like operating systems 

Enjoy sharing knowledge and working in a multi-disciplinary team

Hold yourself and others to a high standard

Solve problems in a systematic way and have a passion for continuous learning and development

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

Person specification

Please refer to attached Job Description