Java Software Engineer

Are you an experienced Java Engineer looking for the next challenge? Would you like to join our Software Engineer team to help Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) modernise the way it delivers public services? Were looking for outstanding Software Engineers, who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. Be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.

Our Engineers will build and run applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams. What really excites the successful candidate is problem-solving and the opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for users. The candidate will be expected to draw value from collaboration with others, actively seek input from colleagues and value a multidisciplinary team over hierarchy. You will be working as a Java Engineer within DWPs Debt Services unit.

We are delivering strategic, greenfield programmes to build modern, cloud-first Debt Management and Compensation Recovery systems that recover approximately 3 billion per annum while protecting the most vulnerable in our society. Our full-stack digital products include user-interfaces, APIs, integration platforms, primarily using Azure Cloud, Java, Spring Boot, Azure Service Bus, Postgres, MongoDB and Node.

JS (user-interfaces)., As a Software Engineer you will develop andmaintainsoftware products that make up citizen and organisation facing services and contribute towards their design.

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, in collaboration with architects and engineers, to design software products that make up services used by millions of people.
• Be building robust and accessible User Interfaces (UIs) that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.
• Be building and consuming APIs, with a focus on an API first design approach,and event-driven programming.
• Bemonitoringsystem robustness,resilience and stability.
• Collaborating with other areas to help build comprehensive suites of automated tests to improve product quality.
• Participating directly in agile ceremonies and contributing ideas.
• Help make sure we follow best practice and will guide our teams on how to deliver quality software products.
• Help design and support the strategies for building reusable libraries and services.
• Support Software Engineering teams providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Contribute to setting strategic direction for product team and the wider Software Engineering community.

Note:

Occasional travel between the Digital hubs for business purposes will be required.

• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services, or asynchronous system development within Microservice Architectures.
• Demonstrable experience in developing on cloud-based environments, such as Azure, with event driven technologies, such as Azure Service Bus.
• A good understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and building quality into services throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience of SQL or No
  
  SQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver user-centred digital services. Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Managers, Delivery Managers and other specialists.

4. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of:
Programming and Build. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below:

• Please provide evidence of your knowledge and proven experience of developing large scale systems using open-source technologies using Java 21 or above.

Ensure that all examples provided in your statements are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. If you choose to use gen-AI to support your statements, you must follow the guidelines outlined in the Artificial intelligence and recruitment guide.

Alongside your salary of 44,447, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 12,876 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window). We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing,…