UK Home Office is seeking a Developer to work on software components that form part of a product. The role involves designing, running, and improving software to meet user needs while adhering to technical standards.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 years
- Demonstrable passion for software development
- Developing scalable, maintainable code using modern programming languages and frameworks
- Applying software design principles and patterns to deliver robust solutions
- Testing software using unit, integration, and/or BDD/TDD practices to ensure quality and reliability
- Troubleshooting and debugging issues across development and production environments
- Using version control systems (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipelines to manage and deliver code efficiently
- Managing and manipulating data effectively within applications and data stores
Benefits
- 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.
Company Overview
The Home Office is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime, counter-terrorism and police. It was founded in 1782, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office.