Developer

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Reference number

464434

Salary

£47,200
New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the salary band minimum £47,200 for National roles or £51,200 for London roles.

You may be eligible for an additional non\-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £10,200\.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

HO \- Home Office Digital \- Engineering### Type of role

Digital

Engineering

Information Technology### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Part\-time, Compressed hours### Number of jobs available

1
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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Croydon, Manchester, SheffieldAbout the job
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Job summary

We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in\-house for over 600 Home Office applications.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home\-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

Job description

The Developer works on software components that form part of a product. You will be involved in designing, running and improving software that meets user needs. You will typically work under the guidance of senior colleagues in your team. You will work to our technical standards writing clean, secure code following a test\-driven approach, ensuring the code is open as far as possible and can be re\-used.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:

• Backend: Node.js, Python


• Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript,


• Data: Elasticsearch, Mongodb, Neo4j


• DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker


• AI: Github Copilot

Person specification

Working Pattern

This role is available on a full\-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part\-time working hours, with a minimum requirement to work 3 days per week due to business requirements.

Main responsibilities

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Delivering secure, reliable and scalable software in your team; undertaking a breadth of development tasks.


• Designing new software using appropriate tools and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping.


• Reporting on system performance and supporting test activities; keeping documentation up to date.


• Supporting services you have delivered through regular maintenance activities, balancing your work with your leadership.


• Working with other engineers to deliver new capability, for instance improved CI/CD pipelines or test approaches.

All our engineers will be expected to embody an open and positive approach, supporting the Home Office in:

• Progressing the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession, understanding all roles and helping to build our community.


• Working and assessing to appropriate standards: for instance, accessibility, the GDS service standard and our own community practices.


• Improving our skills and approaches as well as keeping up to speed with the technology landscape

Essential skills

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for software development, with the following skills or proven experience in:

• Developing scalable, maintainable code using modern programming languages and frameworks (PROG)


• Applying software design principles and patterns to deliver robust solutions (SWDN)


• Testing software using unit, integration, and/or BDD/TDD practices to ensure quality and reliability (TEST)


• Troubleshooting and debugging issues across development and production environments (ASUP)


• Using version control systems (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipelines to manage and deliver code efficiently (SINT)


• Managing and manipulating data effectively within applications and data stores (DATM)

SFIA capability framework

Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) is the technical framework that sets the standard capability and development of all levels in the Home Office. This is a link to the capability framework: All skills A \- Z English (sfia\-online.org).

We use set SFIA technical skills to form our interview questions and we will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process.

The essential skills listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework (based on the industry standard SFIA framework). Use the SFIA levels of responsibility to understand what would be expected for each technical skills listed below.

Technical skills

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

• Software design (SWDN) \- Level 3


• Programming/software Development (PROG) \- Level 3


• Testing (TEST) \- Level 3


• Systems integration and build (SINT) \- Level 3


• Data management (DATM) \- Level 3


• Application support (ASUP) \- Level 3

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £47,200, Home Office contributes £13,673 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Why work for us...

Find out more information at: benefits \- Home Office careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A competitive starting salary.


• A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28\.97%.


• In\-year reward scheme for one\-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.


• The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.


• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.


• Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.


• 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.


• Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.


• Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.


• Support for guardians and kinship carers.


• Corporate membership of ‘Employers for Carers’ providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a ‘Carer’s Passport’ to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.


• Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.

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Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and 1000\-word personal statement:

• CV – include a brief employment history outlining for each role, the organisation, job title, dates in post, and key responsibilities and achievements. Any recent employment gaps should be explained. A second section should set out the skills and experience most relevant to this role, drawing on your career, training, and other relevant activities without repeating the employment history. Focus on the evidence that best demonstrates your capability to meet the role requirements.


• Personal statement \- this should present a clear and coherent narrative explaining why you are applying, what you would bring to the role, and how your experience meets the essential criteria. Use well‑chosen examples to illustrate your impact, drawing on STAR‑style thinking where helpful, but ensure the statement reads as a single, flowing document rather than a set of isolated responses.

To ensure you are assessed on merit alone, we ask you to anonymise your application. This means removing personal identifiers such as your name, age, and place of education. You do not need to remove your employment history, job titles, or any information about your work.

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