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Location Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York. Existing CO staff can work in the their original contractual work location. Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. External candidates can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. About the job Job summary We're seeking a Software Developer experienced in back end (with focus on data pipelines) as well as wider technologies. You can code in Python and have experience of ETL systems e.g., Apache Spark or similar. During the interview, it will be beneficial to share and walk the panel through any historic code you have written. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting project in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Automation and Data analysis The ideal candidate will be proactive and collaborative, with a passion for clean, maintainable code and modern development practices. They are familiar with AGILE methodology, but are equally able to take ownership for key deliverables and can deliver autonomously. Knowledge working with AI solution implementation is advantageous but not essential. Job description You will join the Cabinet Office Digital, Data, Insights and AI team as a Software Developer in a multidisciplinary Agile team, delivering services for a large data warehouse and analytics platform (GRID). As a software engineer, you will initially have a core focus on back-end development. You will: Lead development of data engineering requirements from requirement through to live support. Complete information assurance activities for data transfers containing sensitive data (e.g., Data Protection Impact Assessments, Privacy Notices). Carry out performance and incident monitoring to ensure the smooth running of data services. Support the wider team with broader priorities, including front-end design. Coach and mentor junior developers, sharing good engineering practices. The role responsibility may slowly change over time. Your main focus will be: Python and Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes. You will require knowledge of: PySpark (AWS Glue) to build scalable data pipelines. AWS Lake Formation to implement Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). Apache Iceberg to store data and optimise query performance. Key broader technologies used by the wider team: Python as the primary programming language for general tasks. TypeScript to design front-end services using React. JavaScript/Node.js for backend services. YAML/JSON (CloudFormation) and Terraform (HCL) for infrastructure as code. Terraform, CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions for infrastructure deployment. Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting digital services. Kubernetes and Docker for containerisation. Apache Iceberg, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Redis as databases. OpenSearch for vector stores used for storing and querying high-dimensional embeddings. Knowledge graphs, including the use of triplestores for storing and querying RDF data. Amazon Bedrock for hosting LLMs. GOV.UK Design System for interface design. Person specification This role is aligned with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, Software Developer role: Availability and capacity management You can (working knowledge): Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and key performance indicators (KPIs). Development process optimisation You can (awareness): Explain the importance of developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised Support specific activities to improve development processes Identify obvious deficiencies. Information security You can (practitioner): Design solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats. Modern development standards You can (practitioner): Apply modern development standards and support others in applying them. Programming and build (software engineering) You can (practitioner): Collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications Use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. Prototyping: You can (practitioner): Approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others Establish design patterns and iterate them Use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. Service support You can (working knowledge): Help fix service faults following agreed procedures Carry out maintenance tasks on service support infrastructure. Systems design You can (working knowledge): Translate logical designs into physical designs Produce detailed designs Effectively document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate Design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact Work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns. Systems integration You can (working knowledge): Build and test simple interfaces between systems Work on more complex integration as part of a wider team. User focus You can (practitioner): Collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user Champion user research to focus on all users Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.

Senior Software Engineer JavaScript, C++, Linux, IoT, Kubernetes, Microservices Southampton, Romsey, Hampshire (Onsite) 65,000 - 75,000 + pension & benefits Are you a talented Software Engineer who thrives on solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology? This is an opportunity to join a talented engineering team building advanced, real-time software systems used in safety-critical environments worldwide. You'll be working at the intersection of enterprise software, IoT, and data-driven decision-making; developing solutions that genuinely make a difference. Why this role is exciting This isn't just another enterprise software role. You'll be working on a sophisticated platform that connects physical devices (IoT) with real-time data processing, delivering actionable insights through modern web applications. The systems you help build are deployed globally and play a vital role in protecting people, infrastructure, and national security. Engineers here consistently highlight exposure to multiple Kubernetes environments (on-prem, cloud, VM-based), working across diverse customer use cases with unique technical challenges, the chance to experiment with new tools, architectures, and AI integrations, and a broad technical landscape spanning microservices, real-time systems, and distributed architectures. Tech environment Kubernetes across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. Microservices architecture with real-time data processing. IoT integrations and telemetry pipelines. Modern web applications (TypeScript / JavaScript). CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure as code. Emerging work around AI integration and intelligent features. Why join Work on meaningful, real-world problems with global impact. Gain exposure to a broad and evolving tech stack. Be part of a team that values innovation, experimentation, and learning. Play a key role in delivering complex solutions to high-profile customers. Collaborate with a highly skilled, mission-driven engineering team. About You - What makes you a great fit We're looking for experienced software engineers with solid backend programming experience in C++, JavaScript and Object Oriented Design Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices, and APIs. Experience working with Linux environments and Kubernetes. Solid understanding of connectivity (TCP/IP, device communication, telemetry). A STEM degree is preferred, reflecting the level of technical depth and problem-solving involved. Additional info Due to the nature of the work, you must be eligible to obtain UK security clearance. Please hit apply to upload your CV or contact (url removed) for more details and a confidential discussion. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Software Engineer Hampshire / Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite 60,000 - 65,000 per annum SC cleared The Opportunity Help deliver cutting-edge software solutions. You'll work on complex, real-world challenges using modern technologies like machine learning, edge computing, and DevOps automation to accelerate capability deployment. The Role You'll contribute to the development, release, and support of operational systems, with opportunities to expand into sensors and robotics. This is a collaborative role requiring strong technical expertise and effective communication across teams. What You'll Bring Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent experience Experience with some of the following: Languages: Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript Cloud: AWS (Azure/GCP beneficial) Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, GPU containerisation Architecture: Microservices, serverless, APIs, edge compute, pub/sub systems (Kafka, MQTT) DevSecOps: Git, CI/CD, Terraform/Ansible, Linux scripting Proactive mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently or in teams Key Responsibilities Deliver software with product owners and engineering teams Contribute to Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) Ensure quality through testing and code reviews Support and troubleshoot live systems If this Software Engineer role is of interest, apply now or email me at (url removed)

Software Developer Up to £45,000 per annum Bury St Edmunds Permanent, Full-Time We are recruiting on behalf of our client for a skilled Software Developer to join a growing technology team. This role involves building high quality, scalable applications while contributing to modern, efficient development practices. You will collaborate closely with cross functional teams to help deliver user focused, robust software solutions. Key Responsibilities Develop, test, and deploy front end applications using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks. Collaborate with product owners, QA teams, and fellow developers to refine requirements and deliver high quality features. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in line with industry standards and best practices. Troubleshoot, debug, and enhance existing applications to improve performance and reliability. Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies, and agile development processes. Contribute to technical documentation, including architecture, API references, and workflow details. Stay current with emerging technologies and front end development trends. Requirements Experience in software development Strong understanding of React Hooks, state management tools, and form-handling libraries Solid grasp of object oriented programming, data structures, and general software engineering principles Experience working with relational or SQL based databases Proficiency using Git or similar version control systems

Our client, a multinational semiconductor and software design company seeks an Atlassian Cloud Migration Specialist 10-month contract To start in MayBased in Cambridge (Hybrid- 2 days per week)Inside IR35 Job OverviewMigrating Jira and Confluence Data Center apps to Cloud, as well as introducing an Atlassian-based project management capability. You will engage with people business groups, understanding their requirements, finding opportunities, developing and deploying solutions. Responsibilities:Turning requirements into solutions; coordinating testing and user satisfaction.Developing and Maintaining tools that enable efficient engineering delivery.Owning process controls to protect the integrity and performance of our environments.Guiding our support team on how to address complicated requests and taking decisions to facilitate the right outcomes. Required Skills and Experience:Expertise. You will have a background in configuring and administering Jira cloud and Confluence cloud apps. You can define and deliver work packages autonomously, applying project management & software development techniques, i.e. programming, business analysis, quality assurance and configuration management.Technical skills. Good knowledge of Groovy, Scriptrunner and Jira automation.An excellent communicator. You excel in establishing relationships across large organisations, take pride in earning trust and building a reputation as a 'go-to' person. You collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, breaking down barriers to ensure people, requirements and commitments are aligned.Analytical. You proactively seek opportunities, involve teams, design solutions, document processes, gain sign-off and collaborate effectively through to completion, showing superb attention to detail.Inquisitive. You welcome a challenge and question the status quo, striving to recommend and implement quality improvements. Desirable Skills and Experience:Experienced with migration from Atlassian Data Center to Atlassian cloud.Competence with Java and Python.Knowledge of Atlassian marketplace apps, such as: Structure, Draw.io, JXL, Mosaic and Exalate. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Physicists/Software Engineers will be developing modelling tools/software in C++, C#, Python, Java, Matlab or other Mathematical languages. Ideal applicants will be qualified Physicists (MPhys, MSc or PhD) or Computational Physicist or Scientist/Engineer with an interest in Software Development/Modelling using C, C++, Java, Python or Matlab We are looking for exceptional physicist or applied mathematician to join the software development team. Responsibilities will include project developing simulation tools for the design of active and passive components. The role will involve the development of both algorithms and professional graphical interfaces to the algorithms. This is a very challenging role and you will need to be able to think creatively to solve numerical, mathematical and programmatic problems. An exceptionally capable candidate would have the opportunity to advance to a senior role in the company and take on substantial product responsibilities. Requirements: some experience at graduate level or beyond in either C, C++, C#, Java, Python or Matlab You will will have an excellent first degree in Physics or Maths (1st/2.1) A PhD in a computational physics/electronics or related discipline will be advantageous. Proven object oriented software skills in C++ or more years of postdoc or commercial experience in numerical techniques will be advantageous Specific knowledge of electromagnetism, semiconductor device physics experience will be useful.

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Senior Software Engineer in the PTP MOSS team, maintaining and improving vital legacy systems that enable services for millions across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of developing and deploying to cloud environment utilising Azure technologies such as Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, and Azure Cosmos Database. Influential, with experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture. Work across the entire technical stack, from architecture, design, code management, to CI/CD pipelines, databases, backend frameworks, APIs and user interfaces to ensure quality and consistency. Experience of code management tools such as GIT and deployment technologies (Git, Pipelines. Experience of supporting and maintaining complex legacy applications in live environments. Modernising applications via refactoring and rewriting existing code. Experience of managing incidents and problems with a focus on service continuity and prompt resolution timescales. A strong full stack development background with technologies that include .NET 4,8, C#, JavaScript, C++ and Java. You and your role As a Software Engineer at DWP Digital, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the systems that underpin some of the UK's most essential public services. You'll work on complex legacy applications that support DWP operations, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, and fit for purpose while contributing to their gradual transition to modern, cloud based platforms. You'll bring strong full stack engineering skills and be comfortable working across the entire technical lifecycle, from architecture and design through to development, deployment, and live service support. Using your experience with Azure technologies and modern development practices, you'll help remediate technical and security debt, implement legislative and business changes, and ensure systems remain compatible with evolving environments. You'll also play a key role in incident and problem management, supporting service continuity and helping teams respond quickly and effectively when issues arise. Collaborative and influential, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, ways of working, and a positive engineering culture. Above all, you'll be motivated by purpose-driven work that delivers reliable, high impact services for millions of people across the UK. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket. Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application

Location: London Use data engineering to help keep the UK safe We're looking for Data Engineers with hands on experience designing and building data solutions to join multidisciplinary product teams delivering secure, high impact systems at the heart of UK national security. The role As a Data Engineer, you'll sit within a multidisciplinary product team , working alongside software engineers, data scientists, product owners, business analysts and delivery managers. You'll design, build and operate secure data applications and products , using a mix of modern cloud technologies, on premise platforms and long established systems. You'll follow Agile and DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable solutions that support MI5's critical operations. What you'll be doing In this role, you will: Design and implement moderate to complex data pipelines and data flows Build and manage data integration solutions across multiple sources Support analytics, business intelligence and investigative capabilities Work closely with users to deliver new features and improve existing products Identify and fix defects, creating automated tests to maintain assurance Take ownership of complex problems, breaking them down and prioritising delivery Apply modern engineering approaches, including CI/CD and Agile practices Share knowledge, mentor colleagues and help define what good looks like Contribute to Communities of Practice and cross organisation initiatives The technology Our tech stacks vary by product and may include: SQL and NoSQL databases Commercial and bespoke platforms Data processing and integration tools such as AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Airbyte, NiFi, Fivetran or similar Programming languages including Python, Java, SQL, Scala, PL/SQL or SAS Data and analytics tools such as Jupyter, Kibana, SAS and AWS services You'll work with a wide range of data models and formats , from structured and unstructured data to geo enabled and graph based models. Who we're looking for You'll be someone who can demonstrate: Experience delivering data engineering solutions within a development team Confidence designing and implementing data integration and processing pipelines Comfort learning and using a wide range of technologies Experience working with Agile and CI/CD approaches An understanding of good design patterns and secure engineering practices Strong communication skills with both technical and non technical colleagues A willingness to support and mentor others in an inclusive environment Interested? Apply via Civil Service Jobs to see full details, including the selection process and security requirements.

Locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield Why this role? Do you want your work to make a real difference to people's lives ? At DWP Digital , we design and run services that support some of the most vulnerable citizens in the UK . As a Test Engineer , you'll help ensure these services are reliable, secure, accessible and fit for purpose, for both frontline agents and claimants. This is a role where quality really matters , and where good testing directly improves outcomes for millions of people. What you'll be working on You'll be part of a multi disciplinary agile delivery team , helping transform public services through modern digital delivery. You'll work closely with developers, product managers, delivery managers and other specialists to build and assure high quality digital services . The culture is collaborative and inclusive, valuing teamwork over hierarchy and encouraging constructive challenge. What you'll be doing As a Test Engineer, you will: Build automated test solutions that assure the quality of services and support their design Embed usability, accessibility, security, stability and performance into development from the start Take a risk based, context driven approach to testing Maintain and support CI/CD pipelines , running a full range of tests Maintain traceability of tests, risks, defects and outcomes Report progress clearly to stakeholders Challenge assumptions and existing processes to improve quality and delivery Who this role is for This role could be a great fit if you: Have strong experience as a Test Engineer Enjoy building automated tests for UI and/or APIs Understand the full testing lifecycle, from discovery to live Are confident working in Agile / DevOps environments Care about non functional testing such as performance, security and accessibility Like working collaboratively and improving how teams deliver quality What you'll be assessed on Your application will focus on: Experience building and maintaining robust automated test frameworks Understanding the end to end testing lifecycle Agile ways of working, CI/CD and "shift left" testing Non functional testing knowledge Technical skills in Java or JavaScript , and software engineering practices Interested? This partner post gives you the overview. Click through to the full Civil Service Jobs advert to view full details and apply.

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Adword Job Title: Java Software Engineer - Public Wifi Platforms Duration: Initial 3 months with a possibility of extension Location: Ipswich, 3 days onsite a week Job description: About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to join the team that develops and operates the UK's largest Public Wifi network Our client is seeking a self-starting Java Software Engineer to build and support both new and existing applications, and to play a pivotal role in transforming to a new platform You will work within an agile environment, making a real and immediate impact while collaborating closely with network and architecture teams Key Responsibilities Design & Develop: Build new applications and microservices while consistently applying security best practices Maintain & Upgrade: Manage existing Java applications to ensure security compliance, including upgrading PCI-compliant applications that support credit card and ApplePay transactions Testing & CI/CD: Build pipelines, develop automated tests, and utilize test-driven development (TDD) techniques to support application code DevOps & Deployment: Plan and deploy changes to the Public Wifi platform, ensure service availability, monitor systems, and resolve any in-life operational issues or bugs identified during testing Note: On occasion, this will require some overnight working alongside the test teams Agile Collaboration: Take part in daily stand-ups, break down work into manageable user stories, and work alongside architects and systems/server teams to dimension and realize production services Required Skills & Experience We are looking for a passionate individual who enjoys learning, sharing knowledge, and continuously improving on best practices. You must have a strong desire to deliver excellent operational performance along with Strong knowledge of Java 17+ and Springboot 4 frameworks Version control using Git Gitlab Continuous Integration and Pipelines Ansible Automation and Gradle Use of Containers and Containerisation Advantageous / Nice-to-Have Skills Understanding of IP networking and RADIUS Proficiency in using SQL for Database queries Experience with various automation frameworks If you feel that you are the one for this role then apply today at Prasanna com Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.