Software Developer

DSIT • Full-time • United Kingdom • £37.68k - £40.71k / year • 6d ago

Job summary

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Are you a software developer looking for a new opportunity?

Now is a fantastic time to start building your career in our exciting, creative and world-class IT team. If you want to learn a lot, help others do the same and be part of delivering public service that makes a real difference, HMRC is a great place to do that.

This is an exciting role for an individual looking to deliver technological change against a backdrop of organisational transformation, as well as an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives by delivering great software solutions.

The Business Developed Applications (BDApp) team is part of Chief Digital Product Office in CDIO. We use leading edge technology and processes to provide software products predominantly for the Customer Service Group (CSG) but other opportunities arise regularly across HMRC. We provide new software as well as maintain and support existing and legacy software of around 140 products across the HMRC estate. Within that service, we review all our software for compliance with legislation and HMRC regulations to spearhead the drive to reduce tech debt in the CSG BDApp environment.

Job description

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In the Software Developer role, you will be part of a team that is responsible for the design and delivery of Business Developed Applications (BDApps). You will already have software developer skills and we will support you with on-the-job training to apply these skills in our BDApp environment.

You will follow the end-to-end Software Development lifecycle using agreed software and architectural design principles to ensure products are fit for purpose.

The role also requires good communication skills as you will be engaging with stakeholders from start up through to delivery, ensuring you meet customer needs and deliver to agreed timescales.

Person specification

As a Software Developer you will:

Design and develop new BDApps and support existing BDApps using various languages and technologies such as C#, Visual Basic 6, VBA, Microsoft Office, and SQL. In addition to .NET and PRISM Frameworks.
Be an active participant in workshops to gather BDApp requirements from stakeholders, turning these into a detailed system requirements document.
At key milestones during the lifecycle be able to perform demonstrations of the progress of the BDApp to all stakeholders.
Design and write detailed test scripts for use whilst facilitating both technical testing and User Acceptance Testing with the business and key stakeholders.
Write technical system navigation guidance, which can be integrated into the system, allowing the user to navigate through the BDApp.
Develop and deliver training packages to business users for new BDApps.
Have a willingness to continuously develop and increase your technical knowledge.

Essential Criteria:

Experience creating and supporting software solutions.
Experience of developing using any of the following C#, WPF, the .Net Framework, PRISM, Visual Basic 6 or Microsoft Office Visual Basic Applications.
Knowledge of SOLID principles, Domain Driven Design, and design patterns such as MVVM.
Experience and demonstrable knowledge of working with a range of stakeholders to capture system requirements and other appropriate project documentation and turning these into technical solutions.
Demonstrable knowledge and a proven ability to effectively communicate system changes, issues and risks to project leads and other stakeholders.
The ability to self-start and be able to work independently or part of a larger team demonstrating excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for the following site, it’s important to note that this is not long-term site for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)

This site is:

Trinity Bridge House, Salford - moving to an alternative office in Manchester/ Salford

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
Family friendly policies.
Personal support.
Coaching and development.

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