Senior Developer

DSIT • Full-time • Bristol, City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom • £644.65k - £81.72k / year • 15h ago

Job summary

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

joining up public sector services
harnessing the power of AI for the public good
strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
elevating leadership and investing in talent
funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK’s geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

We’re part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you’ll be working with some of the world’s most highly skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation’s highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need

Job description

Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following theGovernment’s announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.

The National Data Library will be a single trusted gateway to curated, high-quality public sector data. We are transforming the government’s open data portal, data.gov.uk into the National Data Library to improve how we support problem solvers to use public data. We have an ambitious roadmap with the goal to maximise the use of available data to make good decisions, build innovative services, learn and experiment.

As a Senior Developer, you’ll play a key role in building and improving the performance of the National Data Library platform.

Read about what it’s like working at GDS as a developer on the GDS blog.

As a Senior Developer, you’ll:

work within a multi-disciplinary product team and lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust, scalable open data services and APIs
provide strategic technical leadership by setting software architecture, engineering practices, and technical direction across the team
define and evolve scalable, secure design patterns and coding standards, ensuring alignment with GDS standards and cross-government platforms
collaborate with teams to select technologies, shape roadmaps, and deliver resilient, maintainable digital services that meet programme goals
represent the department at technical forums, open-source communities, and government working groups
ensure delivery aligns with the Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice, and departmental governance processes

Person specification

We’re interested in people who have experience:

collaborating effectively with others to develop, deploy and improve containerised cloud-based applications; and can demonstrate strong coding ability in Python and familiarity with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
using modern software development principles and supporting web application technologies including Docker and Kubernetes; and can demonstrate experience using GitHub as a version control system to document development effectively
communicating effectively with non-technical users and explaining complex technical concepts in a clear, accessible way
identifying, locating and fixing service faults
designing systems of moderate risk, impact and complexity; selecting appropriate design standards, methods and tools; and reviewing designs to ensure suitable technology choices, efficient resource use and effective system integration.
defining integration builds, coordinating build activities across systems, and understanding how to undertake and support integration testing activities
understanding common web security risks such as OWASP Top 10, and the corresponding mitigations
working under guidance to identify process optimisation opportunities and contributing to the implementation of proposed solutions

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