Developer, Software Engineer, Software Development

Lead Technical Recruiter (Digital Data and Technology DDaT) - for Engineering, Quality Assurance and Test (QAT) and UCD Professions at UK Home Office

Salary: £50,182 plus skills allowance of up to £11,338 pending assessment

Location: Croydon (hybrid with 60% office attendance)

Advert close: 11:55pm on Sunday 11th January 2026

This role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years.

We are looking for people who are passionate about engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications.

You could be creating and maintaining some of the most critical public services in the United Kingdom and transforming how we use data and technology to improve these. We are responsible for designing, building and supporting solutions for citizens and Home Office teams. You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism, which helps protect UK borders.

The Developer works on software components that form part of a product. You will be involved in designing, running and improving software that meets user needs. You will typically work under the guidance of senior colleagues in your team. You will work to our technical standards writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach, ensuring the code is open as far as possible and can be re-used.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:

• AI:
  Github Copilot, OpenAI

Main responsibilities

• Delivering secure, reliable and scalable software in your team; undertaking a breadth of development tasks.
• Designing new software using appropriate tools and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping.
• Reporting on system performance and supporting test activities; keeping documentation up to date.
• Supporting services you have delivered through regular maintenance activities, balancing your work with your leadership.
• Working with other engineers to deliver new capability, for instance improved CI/CD pipelines or test approaches.

Essential skills
criteria

• Capable of integrating Node.js services with APIs, databases, and external systems securely and efficiently, and contributing to build and deployment automation through CI/CD pipelines. (SINT)
• Able to support and maintain Node.js applications post-deployment, including troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and applying regular updates to keep services reliable. (ASUP)
• A civil service pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
• 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.
• Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.
• Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.
• Support for guardians and kinship carers.
• Corporate membership of ‘Employers for Carers’ providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a ‘Carer’s Passport’ to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.
• Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.

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Seniority level:
Associate

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Information Technology

Industries:
Government Administration

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