Java Developer
| Posting date: | 18 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,720 to £52,130 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London: £48,720 - £52,130. National: £44,720 - £47,850. You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £12,680. New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 March 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 391573/2 |
Summary
You could be creating and maintaining some of the most critical public services in the United Kingdom and transforming how we use data and technology to improve these. We are responsible for designing, building and supporting solutions for citizens and Home Office teams. You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism, which helps protect UK borders.
Our Java 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.
This role is not suitable for part-time working due to the nature of the role.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies including:
- Backend: Java, Node JS
- Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript
- Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server
- DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
What you will do
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.
Like many organisations we need to maintain our services 24/7, therefore, on occasions there may be a requirement to work out of hours, for which you will be paid an additional allowance.
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