Principal Developer
Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications.
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 to help people prove their identity or apply for visas.You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism, which helps protect UK borders.
The Principal Developer works on challenging technical problems, which require broad thinking. As a Principal you will, however, still be a developer. You will be expected to actively deliver but will have more of a focus on ensuring delivery quality and overall service value.
You may be called upon to take part in planning with senior stakeholders to make sure that technical designs match strategy. In this you will be expected to help ensure that all engineers, architects and other professions are working together.You will also identify, test and advocate for new tools or approaches.
You will support the assurance of our solutions and help resolve any discrepancy between approach and organisational strategy.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
- Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform
- Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular
- Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra
- DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
What you will do
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
- Carrying out challenging implementation tasks, whilst maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and keeping the relevant documentation up to date
- Delivering new designs and implementations, working with architects/security and other stakeholders
- Pioneering new software architectural and build/integration approaches, ensuring they adhere to organisational strategy
- Implementing effective test and QA across a number of individuals/systems
- Being the technical authority in your area, providing arbitration for complex technical decisions
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.