Software Developer

Government Digital & Data • Full-time • United Kingdom • £41.46k - £52.04k / year • 1m ago

Job description

As a Software Developer at HMCTS you will work with a wide range of stakeholders such as user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, delivery managers and digital architects, all of whom share a vision for making better government through smarter use of technology. You will innovate to radically transform public services for the better.

The development squad you are placed on will be agreed closer to your start date, but examples of products can be found in our GitHub repository:

https://github.com/hmcts

You can find more information about our ways of working in the HMCTS Way: https://hmcts.github.io

Technologies we rely heavily on:

Java to write our backend services
Node.js to write our frontend services
Power Platform for low-code development
Jenkins for CI/CD
Dynatrace for application monitoring
Kubernetes and Docker to run our services
Azure for most of our infrastructure
Terraform for infrastructure as code
Postgres and Redis as our databases.
GOV.UK Design System for our web interfaces
Macs to do all the above
In addition, we use a range of other technologies and continue to evolve by employing new technologies that help us deliver better services to our users

As a Developer in HMCTS you will:

Develop, improve and document code, following best practices and internal standards.
Continuously learn and stay up to date with relevant technologies, identifying potential issues.
Ensure product security, data confidentiality, and integrity, raising risks as needed.
Support and maintain software, including limited out-of-hours work when required.
Plan development, coordinate integration, and contribute to process improvement.
Manage service availability effectively and cost-efficiently.
Build and test system interfaces.
Use test-driven development, write automation scripts, and participate in code reviews.
Mentor junior colleagues and share technical expertise.
Design and develop software based on user stories.
Participate in recruitment and procurement.