Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Senior Developer (SQ Web) - £42,410-47,916 p.a. + benefits
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Job Summary
We are currently looking for a Senior Developer (SQ Web) to join our Technology and Service Operations Function within the Digital and Technology Group.
This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in 7/8 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP.
Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites.
We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly. Remote working is potentially available for some specific roles. Please discuss this with the recruiting manager before accepting an appointment.
Job Description
Who are we?
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
The MHRA Digital and Technology Group (DTG) exists to help protect and improve public health by enabling the Agency to become a modern, intelligence-led regulator.
We bring together digital, data, technology, cyber security and artificial intelligence expertise to deliver services, platforms and insights that support the regulation of medicines, medical devices and healthcare technologies across the UK.
Our work goes beyond traditional IT. We design and deliver user-centred services, harness trusted data, apply advanced analytics and responsible AI, and build secure, resilient digital foundations that help the MHRA make better decisions, work more effectively and respond to a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
By joining DTG, you'll help shape the future of regulation while delivering technology that makes a real difference to public health.
The Technology & Service Operations (TSO) function is responsible for managing the existing IT infrastructure including both software and hardware, databases, and other technology platforms; leading the support and maintenance of applications; development and testing of new applications and platforms; and cyber and information security for the Agency.
The Engineering team, made up of software developers, DevOps engineers, Quality Assurance testers, and data professionals (including engineers, scientists, and visualization experts), is tasked with the creation of applications and services, ensuring quality for both new and existing agency offerings, and developing data visualizations through their expertise in data engineering and science.
Role Purpose
This Senior Developer role implements web applications and guides the ways in which the team works and provide technical leadership, to deliver cloud native web-based solutions to our end users. The post holder will be proficient in a wide range of technical systems and be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written and will contribute to the developer community and promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice.
The post holder will work in cross-functional product squads on the design and development of creating cloud native (Azure), JavaScript based microservices (node.js) and front end (react) utilising agile (SAFe), paired programming, TDD and DevOps.
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Key Responsibilities And Results Areas
- As an experienced voice in the technical team, you will steer implementation and code design decisions for contingent labour and service providers
- Mentoring more junior members of your team to develop and maintain high-performance, scalable solutions
- Assist in leading the design and development of site/software projects following best practices, as well as regular status reporting
- Assist in leading in optimising, debugging, and enhancing existing software whilst preventing regression in live systems
- You must have solid JavaScript coding skills, experience of TDD/BDD (jest, enzyme, cucumber, gherkin), be collaborative (Jira, Confluence, GitHub)
- You will establish good engineering practices and have strong ability with Open Source, Cloud First, Microservices and DevOps principles and its associated technology like React, Next.js, Node.js, Rust, Azure services (AKS, CosmosDB, Blob Storage, Functions), Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to a collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team ensuring the smooth and successful development of sites/software.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Developing Self and Others
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- You will hold a Computer Science or similar engineering degree, ideally hold a post-graduate qualification, or equivalent industry experience.
- You will ideally hold certifications with a major cloud provider (preferably in Azure) and as a microservice based full stack JavaScript developer.
- You will have previous experience as a developer working in a DDaT environment working on workstreams specific to the regulation of medicines/devices data and its subsequent caseworking.
- Substantial experience with certain tools and associated engineering processes.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £42,410, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency contributes £12,286 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays
- Privilege Leave: 1 day
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of six months full pay and six months half pay after five years’ service.
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/ For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP's Pension Service Centre directly on 0300 123 6666
- Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan
- Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
- Eligibility to join Motoring, Boundless by CSMA
- Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs
- On-going learning and development
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)
- Closing date – 11 October 2026 at 23:55
- Sifting – from 16 October 2026
- Main panel interviews – from 26 October 2026
Communications will be electronic via email therefore it is important that you check your Civil Service Jobs account regularly, as well as your spam/junk email folder.
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
What will the process look like?
Sift Stage
The main sift, where we'll read and score the rest of your application. This may involve a large number of applications, please bear with us as this can take some time.
- Anonymised CV which sets out your career history, previous experience and skills, highlighting specific responsibilities that are relevant for this role.
- Personal statement: Write a 500 word personal statement where you demonstrate how you meet the technical skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of how you meet the role criteria and person specification. Your personal statement should aim to make use of the full wordcount and show how you meet the above criteria. Please give clear and specific examples of what you have done personally and the impact it has had.
- Online application form, including questions based on the Behaviour, Experience and Technical Success Profiles. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank.
The panel will look at your application and are looking for evidence of the stated points. We may raise the benchmark score required if we receive a high number of applications.
Main Panel Interview
Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend an interview. We use a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will be
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