Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Java Software Engineer
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Job Summary
Are you an experienced Java Engineer looking for the next challenge?
Would you like to join our Software Engineer team to help Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) modernise the way it delivers public services?
We’re looking for outstanding Software Engineers, who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. Be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.
Our Engineers will build and run applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams. What really excites the successful candidate is problem-solving and the opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for users. The candidate will be expected to draw value from collaboration with others, actively seek input from colleagues and value a multidisciplinary team over hierarchy.
You will be working as a Java Engineer within DWP’s Debt Services unit.
We are delivering strategic, greenfield programmes to build modern, cloud-first Debt Management and Compensation Recovery systems that recover approximately £3 billion per annum while protecting the most vulnerable in our society. Our full-stack digital products include user-interfaces, APIs, integration platforms, primarily using Azure Cloud, Java, Spring Boot, Azure Service Bus, Postgres, MongoDB and Node.JS (user-interfaces).
If this sounds like you, apply today!
Job Description
As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizen and organisation facing services and contribute towards their design. You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products.
Our Software Engineers are skilled practitioners and role models for software craft within DWP.
In This Role, You Will:
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, in collaboration with architects and engineers, to design software products that make up services used by millions of people.
- Be building robust and accessible User Interfaces (UIs) that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.
- Be building and consuming APIs, with a focus on an API first design approach, and event-driven programming.
- Be monitoring system robustness, resilience and stability.
- Collaborating with other areas to help build comprehensive suites of automated tests to improve product quality.
- Participating directly in agile ceremonies and contributing ideas.
- Help make sure we follow best practice and will guide our teams on how to deliver quality software products.
- Help design and support the strategies for building reusable libraries and services.
- Support Software Engineering teams providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Contribute to setting strategic direction for product team and the wider Software Engineering community.
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Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Programming and Build
- Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services, or asynchronous system development within Microservice Architectures.
- Demonstrable experience in developing on cloud-based environments, such as Azure, with event driven technologies, such as Azure Service Bus.
- A good understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and building quality into services throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Experience of SQL or NoSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB.
- Experience working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver user-centred digital services. Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Managers, Delivery Managers and other specialists.
- Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of: Programming and Build. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below:
- Please provide evidence of your knowledge and proven experience of developing large scale systems using open-source technologies using Java 21 or above.
Selection Process
Stage 1: Application
Your Application Will Consist Of Four Parts:
- A Personal Details application form.
- Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed.
- Personal statement - up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below:
- Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services, or asynchronous system development within Microservice Architectures.
- Demonstrable experience in developing on cloud-based environments, such as Azure, with event driven technologies, such as Azure Service Bus.
- A good understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and building quality into services throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Experience of SQL or NoSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB.
- Experience working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver user-centred digital services. Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Managers, Delivery Managers and other specialists.
- Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of: Programming and Build. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below:
- Please provide evidence of your knowledge and proven experience of developing large scale systems using open-source technologies using Java 21 or above.
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Stage 2: Coding Test
Candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be sent a coding test to complete remotely. The exercise will focus on the technical elements listed in the Essential Criteria in this advert.
Stage 3: Interview
If you’re successful at the sift stage, you’ll be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. During the interview, you’ll be assessed against the experience criteria listed under both the essential criteria and technical skill.
Salary Information
Pay for this role is from £44,447 to £59,813.
The maximum salary for the grade is £46,547, however a Digital Allowance of up to £13,266 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.
Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer will maintain their current substantive salary.
Civil Servants who gain promotion will move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or receive a 10% increase applied to their current substantive salary, whichever is greater.
Hybrid Working
This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work.
If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.
If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.
Contact Point for Applicants
Job Contact:
Name: Oliver Canham
Email: Oliver.Canham1@dwp.gov.uk
Recruitment Team Email: digitalrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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