Senior Software Engineer
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £57,946 to £78,517 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | M2 3LR |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 430573/4 |
Summary
Are you a Senior Software Engineer with expertise across multiple languages and full-stack applications, looking to utilise cutting edge technologies to develop and deliver products?
Do you want to use your skills and experience to help shape and deliver the future of digital services that impact millions of lives?
Do you want to work on meaningful technology that drives real-world change?
We are looking for outstanding Senior Software Engineers to join our Digital Modernisation and Efficiency team who have a strong background in leadership and strategy alongside the skills and knowledge of multiple programming languages and full-stack development.
Our Senior Software Engineers contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. They are part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.
You’ll work in a collaborative, agile environment alongside talented engineers, architects, and product teams. We value clean code, automation, and continuous improvement. Whether you come from a commercial tech background or have public sector experience, you’ll find opportunities to innovate, lead, and grow.
Our engineers work across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure, leveraging cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, and Terraform. These are supported by robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable delivery.
We use modern technologies including Java, Node.js and Python. You’ll have access to excellent learning and development, flexible working, and a strong engineering community that supports your career progression.
Make an impact. Build something that matters.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key leadership role in our agile delivery teams, shaping the future of digital services in the UK’s largest government department.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, strategy, development, and deployment of high-quality software solutions that meet user needs and policy intent.
- Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud-native development.
- Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, Architects, Researchers, Testers, Designers and other specialists to deliver value iteratively.
- Ensure systems are secure, resilient, and performant, adhering to government standards and accessibility requirements.
- Build capability across your teams through coaching and mentoring, training and development, formal qualifications
- Lead in one or more of our Engineering teams ensuring best practice and standards.
- Develop and foster a collaborative team culture that produce world class software solutions.
- Work across the entire technical stack, including architecture, frontend, CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency.
Your role will involve regular travel between the Digital hubs.
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