Senior Software Developer – LITE
Job details
Job description, work day and responsibilities
About Us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.
Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.
Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.
Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. The team have been nominated three times in a row for ‘Best Public Sector Employer’ at the Women in Tech awards!
About The Role
As a Senior Software Developer in the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function in Department for Business and Trade (DBT), you will build and maintain software to deliver a complete service for users.
LITE, or Licensing for International Trade and Enterprise, is the UK’s new export licensing platform. It is a service used by exporters to apply for export licences for controlled goods. It is also used by caseworkers in the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) and other government departments to manage licence applications.
You will be working in an agile delivery team working collaboratively and flexibly to build features on LITE as identified by priorities set out by the product lead. By developing an understanding of the whole LITE system, you will plan and lead development on sets of related user stories. In addition, you will be expected to coach and mentor more junior colleagues and find ways to improve the stability and resilience of the system. A typical working day might include improving LITE’s codebase, developing tests, identifying, communicating and fixing technical problems, or sharing knowledge with less experienced developers. As part of DBT, you will be in active participant in the Software Development community of practice sharing ideas and expertise beyond the LITE team. You’ll operate LITE production services and be able to maintain and support the live service for users.
Developers on LITE work in cross functional squads that are assigned to solve specific problems. You will occasionally need to travel to London for team meetings, project planning, and retrospectives. The frequency of travel will depend on the needs of the squad and the project, as well as your personal preferences.
Main responsibilities
You will be an experienced software developer who can:
• Deliver high quality user-centred features and services within an agile environment.
• Support the community of practice within DDaT, fostering code ownership and quality.
• Support the transformation of DDaT into a modern centre for agile development.
• Mentor and coach colleagues to deliver to our standards, guided by industry best practices.
• Support developer hiring, shape our in-house team, and help make it more diverse and inclusive.
• Line manage developers to deliver results, learn and grow, and progress their careers.
• Ensure runbooks enable your Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) colleagues to support applications and/or services.
• In office hours support, and sometimes out of hours (for which you’ll be paid an allowance).
Skills And Experience
It is essential that you have experience with:
• Python
• Django or Django REST Framework
• Testing including test-driven development and unit testing
• Delivering user-centred features and services within an agile environment using practices such as Scrum or Kanban
• Working with application programming interfaces (APIs), databases, and cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Using your knowledge, and working with related disciplines, to keep multiple teams working effectively to deliver
It is desirable that you have:
These aren’t necessary but it would be ideal if you had experience of:
• Prototyping and proof-of-concepts
• Working with loose requirements
How to apply
As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a two page CV and complete a 750 word personal statement outlining how you meet the essential skills and experience listed above. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer.
Sift will be from week commencing 17th March 2025
Interviews will be from week commencing 24th March 2025
Please note these dates are indicative and may be subject to change.
If there is a high volume of applications, we will sift looking at your CV only. You may then be progressed to full sift or straight to interview.
How we interview
At the interview stage for this role, you will be asked to demonstrate relevant Technical Skills and Behaviours from the Success Profiles framework. These are role specific and in line with the DDaT Capability Framework.
Technical Skills
• User focus
• Programming and build (software engineering)
• Modern development standards
• Information security
• Prototyping
• Service support
Behaviours
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Working Together
You will also be asked to complete an exercise and will be informed on the topic following the sift.
How we offer
Offers will be made in merit order based on location preferences. If you pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring you will be held on a 12-month reserve list in case a role becomes available. If you are judged a near miss at interview, you may be offered a post at the grade below the one you applied for.
This role requires SC clearance. DBT’s requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer will be withdrawn.
Checks will also be made against:
• departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
• your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
• security services record
• location details
Benefits
If you join us, you will get:
• learning and development tailored to your role
• a flexible, hybrid working environment with options like condensed hours
• a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.+7%
• annual leave starting at 25 days rising to 30 days with service
• three paid volunteering days a year
• an employee benefits programme including cycle to work
More about us
This role can only be worked from within the UK, not overseas. If you are based in London, you will receive London weighting. DBT employees work in a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office. Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DBT, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered.
You can find out more about our office locations, how we calculate salaries, our diversity statement and reasonable adjustments, the Recruitment Principles, the Civil Service code and our complaints procedure on our website.
Find out more about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our video or reading our blog!
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Offer ID: #1037008,
Published: 6 days ago,
Company registered: 6 months ago
