Full Stack Developer

at  Cabinet Office

JOB SUMMARY

The Prime Minister’s Office enables the Prime Minister to deliver the Government’s overall priorities and to communicate the Government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. From the Policy Unit and Press Office, Switchboard and Custodians, to the Events & Visits team and Private Office support; the diverse Downing Street team draws on varied expertise from across the Civil Service and beyond. The teams come together to deliver excellent service to the Prime Minister while also making No10 a great place to work.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are recruiting a Full-Stack Developer to work within 10DS, to enhance and channel the analytical work of the team on critical policy areas and delivery properties of No10. Current members of the team have provided advice on Key Decisions relating to transport infrastructure, Health Policy and Net Zero.
You will be key in creating cross-cutting applications that will help provide insight on the biggest challenges that face the country.
You will have the opportunity and freedom to contribute your technical knowledge for the public good. Working in a ‘startup’ like environment, you will be empowered to focus on making your contributions as impactful as possible.
10DS has a programme of technological development, drawing on capabilities in Python and Typescript. Expertise in these areas will be beneficial and factored into the salary offered.
10DS are strongly committed to learning and development, and are more interested in your aptitude and attitude than pre-existing expertise. Significant on-the-job training, mentorship and support can be provided for the right applicant.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Coding abilities

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £71,370, Cabinet Office contributes £20,675 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build full-stack web applications to present evidence in a clear, compelling and concise manor.
• Develop processes to wrangle data from multiple sources producing clean, consistent and idempotent code.
• Rapidly prototype applications to senior people.