Developer (Innovation)
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,720 to £52,130 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 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 the pay range minimum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 427814/1 |
Summary
The Developer works on software components that form part of Digital Innovation Lab experimentation work. You will be involved in designing, running and improving software leveraging emerging technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. 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.
Transform Government with AI
Help deliver the UK government's AI vision while transforming the Home Office. Our Automation and Innovation portfolio is implementing the Government's Generative AI Framework, turning technological potential into reality.
National Scale Impact
Our work spans Border Security, Immigration, Asylum case management and Counter-Terrorism operations, developing technology that reunites families, creates safer communities, protects vulnerable people, and improves UK travel experiences.
Public Sector Innovation at Pace
We have delivered millions in efficiency savings through automation, allowing colleagues to focus on complex human-centred work. Our solutions create meaningful improvements in public service delivery.
Join Our Team
Join us to help pioneer new approaches and tackle diverse challenges that rarely exist in one organisation, to:
- Prototype, design and develop solutions that improve lives.
- Work with an exceptional range of AI and automation technologies.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and technical experts.
- Develop your skills at the forefront of public sector innovation.
If you're passionate about using technology to create tangible change at an unparalleled scale and pace, we want you on our team. Join us and use cutting-edge technology to help build a Home Office fit for the future - where innovation delivers real-world impact every single day.
What you will do
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
- Applying a continuous learning approach to develop knowledge on emerging technology, staying up-to-date and relevant to the demands of the organisation.
- Delivering secure, reliable and scalable software for prototypes and proof-of-concepts; undertaking a breadth of development tasks.
- Designing new software using appropriate tools and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping.
- Capturing your approach, reporting on progress and outcomes; keeping documentation up to date.
- Providing advice and guidance as your solutions progress through into delivery, balancing your work with your leadership.
- Working with other engineers to assess and evaluate new technologies or 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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