Senior Software Engineer
| Posting date: | 05 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £57,946 to £80,664 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2026 |
| Location: | NE98 1YX |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 458382/5 |
Summary
Join the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as a Senior Software Engineer in our PTP-MOSS team, where your work will directly impact millions of people across the UK. You’ll help maintain and improve essential legacy systems that support DWP Operations in delivering critical services.
This is a unique opportunity to work on systems that are vital to the UK’s welfare infrastructure, ensuring they remain secure, functional, and compliant as we transition towards modern digital platforms.
- Maintain and develop legacy systems to ensure operational continuity.
- Respond to and resolve incidents and problems, ensuring minimal disruption to services.
- Support service management and knowledge management processes.
- Implement essential legislative and business changes.
- Remediate technical and security debt in line with application roadmaps.
- Ensure compatibility with evolving hosting and desktop environments
- Work across a diverse and evolving technology landscape, integrating legacy platforms with modern cloud-based services.
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