Senior Developer
Location: National*
Closing Date: 28th February
Interviews (subject to change): w/c 24th March
Grade: 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs below):
London: £61,201 - £73,875 (which may include an allowance of up to £12,674)
National: £56,532 - £69,150 (which may include an allowance of up to £12,618)
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
We’re recruiting for a Senior Developer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative LAA Digital team. For this role, we are looking for someone who has existing skills in PL/SQL and Oracle systems, but is interested in developing their skills in a modern programming language, such as Python or Java.
This role aligns against the Senior Developer role from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
About Us: At Justice Digital, we're dedicated to leveraging technology to drive impactful change across the justice system. As a Senior Software Developer, you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing access to justice and improving outcomes for offenders through innovative digital solutions.
Responsibilities: You’ll collaborate closely with fellow developers on our diverse tech stack and embrace opportunities to learn new technologies and systems. We tailor team assignments to align with your skills, interests, and career aspirations. For instance:
Reducing reoffending rates by improving the scheduling of prison visits in our Prisons team
Enhancing access to justice by developing a service to apply for legal aid in the Legal Aid Agency
Building a no-code platform for publishing government forms and services to the internet in the MoJ Forms team
Improving outcomes for offenders by building tools to manage rehabilitation services in our Probation team
Maintaining transparency of government by managing freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions in our Central team
Collaboration: You’ll collaborate closely with user researchers, product managers, designers, delivery managers, technical architects, and content specialists who share our vision of leveraging technology to transform government services.
Discover More: To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Technologies: We use a diverse range of technologies, and we’re seeking individuals who specialise in one or more and are eager to learn new languages and frameworks. Our tech stack includes:
Application Code: Ruby, Java, Python
CI/CD: Circle CI, GitHub Actions
Monitoring: Sentry
Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker
Cloud Infrastructure: AWS
Web Interfaces: GOV.UK and MoJ Design Systems
Front-End Development: We value a deep understanding of web technologies, emphasising semantic HTML, performant CSS, and JavaScript or TypeScript. Accessibility is a core consideration across all our services.
Learning and Support: Once part of our team, we'll support you in mastering our tech stack, regardless of your current experience. Explore our GitHub for insights into our technologies and the services we develop and maintain.
Our Community: Join over 150 experienced developers who form our vibrant engineering community across the MoJ. You’ll have opportunities to mentor junior colleagues and participate in informal support networks with peers. We encourage active engagement in shaping our engineering culture and community.
Career Development: We take pride in our supportive and effective line management. Your skills are highly valued, and we’re committed to helping you expand them within the civil service. You'll have opportunities to move between teams or departments, explore new technologies, and take on increased responsibilities aligned with your career goals.
Explore Further: Dive deeper into our work and culture by visiting our Developer Blog and Justice Digital Blog.
As a Senior Software Developer, you will:
Securely design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems.
Contribute to and enhance existing codebases.
Improve the resilience and stability of software through best practices.
Apply methodologies to facilitate continuous delivery.
Develop and mentor team members through line management responsibilities, both formally and informally.
Support lead developers in cultivating high-performing teams.
Foster a diverse, inclusive culture within the development community, promoting awareness, inclusivity, and equilibrium.
If this feels like an exciting opportunity, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
5 days volunteering paid leave.
Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Essential:
Demonstrate proven experience of delivering large and complex software solutions, with a focus on MI (Management Information) systems.
Proven experience building and maintaining Oracle software and databases that support MI functions, with the ability to refactor, modernise or migrate existing applications.
Proven experience using PL/SQL.
Demonstrate proven experience of learning new programming skills
Advocate for testing to continuously validate your work.
Thrive when you work as part of a team that abides by the spirit of the manifesto of agile software development.
Enjoy sharing knowledge and working in a multi-disciplinary team
Hold yourself and others to a high standard.
Solve problems in a systematic and innovative way.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Candidates must submit a CV and a mandatory Statement of Suitability (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
Communicating and influencing
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Making Effective Decisions
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 90-minute panel interview held via video conference. A small technical test will need to be completed in advance, as it will be discussed and developed during the interview.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to theJustice Digital Recruitment Terms & Conditions role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk