As a member of the Software Developer community, you will be working as part of a DevOps team using Agile best practices. You will work alongside other Developers producing test-driven code and advising on software engineering best practices. Collaborating across disciplines within your team, you will help ensure the digital services being delivered help our stakeholders achieve their aims, meet HMRC standards and enable the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives. There will be some monitoring of the services using platform tool to understand the health and stability of the services.

Role Responsibilities

• Scala programming.
• Maintain legacy applications.
• Develop and maintain new applications using the team's chosen technologies and tools.
• Apply agreed best practice and internal coding standards.
• Write Unit Tests.
• Peer-review code and ensure software is source controlled.
• Troubleshoot software and work with Live Services to resolve issues.
• Create documentation.
• Assist colleagues with your technical expertise.
• Communicate with customers and colleagues to ensure solutions are well understood and optimally coded to deliver on business requirements.

Essential Criteria

• Working alongside other developers and professions to realise working software.
• Using Scala to build frontend (HTML/CSS/JS) and backend microservices.
• Continuous integration (unit testing, TDD, Jenkins, Git).
• Experience of MVC frameworks (Spring, Play, etc).
• Working in an agile software development role focusing on user-centred design.
• Problem solving and delivering a range of possible solutions, including through technical work and process improvement.
• Operating a live service, using observability tooling such as Kibana, Grafana, and Google Tag Manager.
• Experience in using Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo) or equivalent tools.

Desirable Criteria

• Working within a GDS style delivery assurance framework and with a design system such as the GOV.UK Design System.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office closures

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

These Sites Are

• Lynx House, Portsmouth - moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth
• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 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).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How To Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences.
• A 750-word Personal Statement evidencing your suitability for the role, focussing on the Person Specification and how you meet the Essential Criteria.

Please complete a separate statement (Max 250 words) for the Desirable Criteria where applicable. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at interview.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

A full sift will be held on your CV and Personal Statement, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be assessed on Experience.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]'.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this