Software Developer

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £41,463 - £45,276 London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040 . Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available
3
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
National
City/Town
National
Building/Site

SEO

Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Role Type
Digital, Information Technology
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
No
Job description

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.
Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a Developer at HMCTS 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.

The development squad you are placed on will be agreed closer to your start date, but examples of products can be found in our GitHub repositories:

• https://github.com/hmcts
• https://github.com/ministryofjustice
• https://github.com/CJSCommonPlatform

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in Java and JavaScript for the development of enterprise and public facing applications.
• Sound knowledge of HTTP, at least one web development framework (for example Spring Boot 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
• You solve problems in a systematic way

• Write, amend, refactor and document code to build moderately complex programs/scripts. Adhere to internal process and procedures 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 technology on which we rely and alert on any issues or trends affecting our software. Adhere to industry’s best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others in doing so.
• 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. Identify and raise risks and support Information Assurance activities.
• Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment. Use modern tools to identify and troubleshoot faults effectively and thoroughly. Some activities may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation’s policy for OOH working).
• Plan the development 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. Manage service availability to meet the needs of the business in a cost-effective manner.
• Build and test simple interfaces between systems, or work on more complex integration as part of a wider team.
• Take a test-driven approach to software development, write automation test scripts of medium to high complexity and participate in testing. Collaborate in code reviews with others as appropriate.
• Guide and advise others on technical areas you have expertise in including coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Participate in recruitment and procurement activities as required.
• Translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs.
• The post holder may be expected to travel between sites, for meetings, events etc as and when required.