Senior Developer

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.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.

Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short videoto hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here:
Working for Home Office Digital.

The Senior Developer is key for our product delivery, you will develop core components of our solutions and help select appropriate technologies. Your subject matter expertise will enable you to operate with greater levels of autonomy and decision making.

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.

The Senior Developer will be expected to mentor and lead other engineers in technical tasks, as well as support recruitment and assessment activities.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We would encourage applications from candidates with experience or interests in the following technologies:

• Backend:
  Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform

• Frontend:
  React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular

• Data:
  PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server,Mongodb, Apache Cassandra

• Dev Ops:
  
  AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform

• AI:
  Azure ML Studio, Python,Github Copilot, OpenAI

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Company:
Government Recruitment Service Salary: £62,732 - £62,732

Hours:

Full-time

Location:

Sheffield Job type:
Permanent Posting date: 18 Aug 2026 Closing date: 1 Sept 2026

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.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.

Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short videoto hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here:
Working for Home Office Digital.

The Senior Developer is key for our product delivery, you will develop core components of our solutions and help select appropriate technologies. Your subject matter expertise will enable you to operate with greater levels of autonomy and decision making.

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.

The Senior Developer will be expected to mentor and lead other engineers in technical tasks, as well as support recruitment and assessment activities.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We would encourage applications from candidates with experience or interests in the following technologies:

• Backend:
  Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform

• Frontend:
  React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular

• Data:
  PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server,Mongodb, Apache Cassandra

• Dev Ops:
  
  AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform

• AI:
  Azure ML Studio, Python,Github Copilot, OpenAI

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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