Developer

Job summary

Are you passionate about building digital services that make a real difference?

Do you enjoy solving technical challenges and working as part of a collaborative agile team?

Are you looking to develop your skills while contributing to the delivery of modern, user-focused digital solutions?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Build services. Develop solutions. Make an impact.

As a Developer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, supporting and improving digital services, products and platforms used across the Department for Transport. Working within multidisciplinary agile teams, you'll help create secure, scalable and user-centred solutions that deliver genuine value to our users.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Job description

Working within the Create Service Line, you'll contribute to the development and support of digital services that meet organisational, policy and operational needs. You will work alongside developers, architects, designers, delivery professionals and business stakeholders to deliver effective digital solutions.

As a Developer, you'll take ownership of your work, contribute to continuous improvement, and help foster a positive, collaborative culture across the team. You'll be encouraged to develop your technical skills and support colleagues while contributing to the delivery of high-quality digital services.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Developing software to meet user needs
• Writing clean, secure and well-tested code
• Following development standards and helping improve ways of working
• Supporting and maintaining live services
• Identifying and resolving issues within production environments
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver digital solutions
• Coaching and supporting more junior colleagues where appropriate
• Participating in communities of practice and knowledge sharing activities
• Taking ownership of your professional development and learning new technologies

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Proven experience of developing software to meet user needs
• Ability to write clean, secure and well-tested code
• Experience working collaboratively as part of agile delivery teams
• A learning mindset and willingness to develop new technical skills
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues from a range of disciplines
• Willingness to work towards certifications in Google and Microsoft technologies and Agile practices

We primarily develop using .Net in a Google Cloud environment.

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full-time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part-time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Programming and build (software engineering) – Skill Level : Practitioner
• Availability and capacity management – Skill level : Working
• Service support – Skill level : Working

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,090, Department for Transport contributes £10,744 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).

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
• Access to the staff discount portal.
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
• Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of sta