Job Description
The national salary range is £56,532 - £64,048, London salary range is £61,201 - £69,338. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
National
Region
National
Closing Date
24-Jul-2025
Post Type
Permanent
Grade 7
Number of jobs available
2
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
7177
Descriptions & requirements Pay Band: Grade 7
Job Title: 2 x Senior Developer
Location:London / National
Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future
Term:Permanent
Interview:Video conference via Teams
Important salary details:
New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.
Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).
GDD:
Roles will be recruited using a combination of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) and Success Profile Fra meworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is aligned to the Technical Job Family, is a Software Developer role at Senior Developer level.
Reserve List:
HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.
Introduction:
These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.
HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital. DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you'll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.
As a Senior Developer you will work with a wide range of stakeholders such as user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, content specialists, delivery managers and digital architects, all of whom share a vision for making better government through smarter use of technology. You will innovate to radically transform public services for the better.
Technologies:
We rely heavily on
Java to write our backend services
Node.js and Angular to write our frontend services
Dynatrace for application monitoring
Kubernetes and Docker to run our services
Azure for most of our infrastructure
Postgres and Redis as our databases.
GOV.UK Design System for our web interfaces
Macs to do all the above
In addition, we use a range of other technologies and continue to evolve by employing new technologies that help us deliver better services to our users
Key responsibilities:
Write, amend, refactor and document code to build complex programs/scripts, and as required leading on these activities. Adhere to internal process and procedures, promoting and advising others which software development standards, processes & procedures apply.
Constantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role. Monitor changes in the tech stack you use and alert on any major changes affecting our software. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others to do so in a highly competent manner.
Ensure that products are secure, engineered to mitigate security threats and have the necessary security controls in place. Ensure that information is handled with confidentiality and integrity, and that products are compliant. Identify and raise risks and support Information Assurance activities.
Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment. Use modern tools to effectively and thoroughly identify, troubleshoot and fix faults. Package and deploy software built. Some activities may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation's policy for OOH).
Plan the development on sets of related stories and coordinate integration tasks across systems. Contribute to selection of the software development approach (plan-driven, iterative/agile etc.) for projects. Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance and support activities to improve the development process. Choose the most appropriate from a variety of methods of prototyping, actively solicit prototypes with others.
Define, analyse, plan, forecast, measure, maintain and improve all aspects of the availability of services. Control and manage service availability to meet the needs of the business in a cost-effective manner. This includes managing the capability, functionality and sustainability of service components (for example, hardware, software, network resources and software/infrastructure as a service).
Define the integration build. Coordinate build activities across systems and undertake and support integration testing activities.
Take a test-driven approach to software development, write complex automation test scripts and participate in testing. Participate in code reviews of own work and leads code reviews of colleagues' work.
Guide and advise others on technical areas you have expertise in, modern development standards and approaches to understand user stories. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Lead on and participate in recruitment as required.
Participate in and lead on procurement activities as required.
Translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs. Collaborate with user researchers, represent users internally and champion user research to focus on all users.
T he post holder may be expected to travel between sites, for meetings, events etc as and when required.
Skills & Experience:
Sound knowledge of HTTP, at least one web development framework (for example Spring or Angular) and at least one RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL)
Sound knowledge in a wide range of technologies and libraries used in an enterprise, such as logging and monitoring, ORM, authentication/authorisation, cloud hosting environments, systems integration, source control, package management etc.
Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other developers
Experience of working with modern tools and techniques
An understanding of common security issues and how to mitigate them
You will also want to make a positive impact on the communities we serve
You are looking for new technical and leadership challenges
You thrive when you work as part of a team
You enjoy learning and helping others
You hold yourself and others to a high standard
When submitting your Statement of Suitability at the application stage, please complete the following coding task and provide a link to the repository:
Please note the Civil Service application process is name-blind, so ensure that the repository containing your code does not include any personal information that would identify you.
Experience - As demonstrated in your application form.
Technical - As demonstrated in your coding task and interview. If successful, you will move on to the interview stage, which will include an extension exercise to the coding task you submitted in your statement.
GDD Assessment - During the interview, you will be assessed against the GDD framework.
Additional Information
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised role: all successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale . click apply for full job details
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
National
Region
National
Closing Date
24-Jul-2025
Post Type
Permanent
Grade 7
Number of jobs available
2
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
7177
Descriptions & requirements Pay Band: Grade 7
Job Title: 2 x Senior Developer
Location:London / National
Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future
Term:Permanent
Interview:Video conference via Teams
Important salary details:
New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.
Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).
GDD:
Roles will be recruited using a combination of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) and Success Profile Fra meworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is aligned to the Technical Job Family, is a Software Developer role at Senior Developer level.
Reserve List:
HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.
Introduction:
These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.
HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital. DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you'll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.
As a Senior Developer you will work with a wide range of stakeholders such as user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, content specialists, delivery managers and digital architects, all of whom share a vision for making better government through smarter use of technology. You will innovate to radically transform public services for the better.
Technologies:
We rely heavily on
Java to write our backend services
Node.js and Angular to write our frontend services
Dynatrace for application monitoring
Kubernetes and Docker to run our services
Azure for most of our infrastructure
Postgres and Redis as our databases.
GOV.UK Design System for our web interfaces
Macs to do all the above
In addition, we use a range of other technologies and continue to evolve by employing new technologies that help us deliver better services to our users
Key responsibilities:
Write, amend, refactor and document code to build complex programs/scripts, and as required leading on these activities. Adhere to internal process and procedures, promoting and advising others which software development standards, processes & procedures apply.
Constantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role. Monitor changes in the tech stack you use and alert on any major changes affecting our software. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others to do so in a highly competent manner.
Ensure that products are secure, engineered to mitigate security threats and have the necessary security controls in place. Ensure that information is handled with confidentiality and integrity, and that products are compliant. Identify and raise risks and support Information Assurance activities.
Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment. Use modern tools to effectively and thoroughly identify, troubleshoot and fix faults. Package and deploy software built. Some activities may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation's policy for OOH).
Plan the development on sets of related stories and coordinate integration tasks across systems. Contribute to selection of the software development approach (plan-driven, iterative/agile etc.) for projects. Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance and support activities to improve the development process. Choose the most appropriate from a variety of methods of prototyping, actively solicit prototypes with others.
Define, analyse, plan, forecast, measure, maintain and improve all aspects of the availability of services. Control and manage service availability to meet the needs of the business in a cost-effective manner. This includes managing the capability, functionality and sustainability of service components (for example, hardware, software, network resources and software/infrastructure as a service).
Define the integration build. Coordinate build activities across systems and undertake and support integration testing activities.
Take a test-driven approach to software development, write complex automation test scripts and participate in testing. Participate in code reviews of own work and leads code reviews of colleagues' work.
Guide and advise others on technical areas you have expertise in, modern development standards and approaches to understand user stories. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Lead on and participate in recruitment as required.
Participate in and lead on procurement activities as required.
Translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs. Collaborate with user researchers, represent users internally and champion user research to focus on all users.
T he post holder may be expected to travel between sites, for meetings, events etc as and when required.
Skills & Experience:
Sound knowledge of HTTP, at least one web development framework (for example Spring or Angular) and at least one RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL)
Sound knowledge in a wide range of technologies and libraries used in an enterprise, such as logging and monitoring, ORM, authentication/authorisation, cloud hosting environments, systems integration, source control, package management etc.
Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other developers
Experience of working with modern tools and techniques
An understanding of common security issues and how to mitigate them
You will also want to make a positive impact on the communities we serve
You are looking for new technical and leadership challenges
You thrive when you work as part of a team
You enjoy learning and helping others
You hold yourself and others to a high standard
When submitting your Statement of Suitability at the application stage, please complete the following coding task and provide a link to the repository:
Please note the Civil Service application process is name-blind, so ensure that the repository containing your code does not include any personal information that would identify you.
Experience - As demonstrated in your application form.
Technical - As demonstrated in your coding task and interview. If successful, you will move on to the interview stage, which will include an extension exercise to the coding task you submitted in your statement.
GDD Assessment - During the interview, you will be assessed against the GDD framework.
- GDD Skill 1 - Service Support
- GDD Skill 2 - Programming and Build
- GDD Skill 3 - Systems Design
- GDD Skill 4 - Modern Development Standards
- You will be required to provide evidence of the following key behaviours at Grade 7 level.
Additional Information
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised role: all successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale . click apply for full job details
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