Senior Software Developer

• Primary languages: Python, Ruby, TypeScript/Node.js, Java - you may be expected to move between them
• Infrastructure on AWS using serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) and containerised patterns
• Terraform for infrastructure as code; GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines
• Strong emphasis on TDD, automated testing, pair programming, code review and version control
• Agile/multidisciplinary team environment - working alongside designers, product managers and user researchers
• Senior level: expected to provide technical leadership, mentor junior developers and scope complex work
• Assessed against the DDAT (Digital, Data and Technology) Capability Framework - worth reviewing before interview
• Emphasis on working openly, sharing knowledge across teams and contributing to the wider engineering community
• Daily code reviews ensuring standards align with the organisation’s internal engineering guidelines
• Planning and scoping sprint work for the team, breaking down roadmap deliverables into technical tasks
• Pair programming with mid-level and junior developers, both to deliver features and to build team capability
• Building and maintaining automated tests as part of a continuous deployment pipeline
• Stakeholder relationship management - working with privacy, security, counter-fraud and other cross-government teams
• Contributing to or leading technical design discussions; evaluating approaches before committing to implementation
• Participating in the wider tech community - internal meetups, tech talks, and occasionally external conferences or blog posts
• Incrementally shipping code to production throughout the sprint, not in large releases