Senior Software Engineer - DVLA - SEO
Government Digital & Data -
Can you see yourself working with the latest technologies reaching 50 million users?
If so, we are expanding our team and would love to hear from you!
Job description
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deliver wide reaching digital services to the UK public and industry. We maintain the national record of vehicles and drivers. If you have applied for a driving licence, changed vehicle, re-licensed your vehicle or completed a vehicle enquiry you would have used one of our services.
The time is right to join one of the leading agile, cloud and technical departments in the government, one that is constantly pushing the boundaries of technological innovation to find, develop, and introduce new and innovative technological advancements. On a modern cloud platform, we work with a range of industry-leading technologies, such as serverless, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Within and between our teams, we have a friendly and stable engineering community. Keeping work life enjoyable is key to us, and we strive to ensure the efficient and secure use of software and infrastructure.
Our current deliveries include:
- Two major programmes of work, modernising our drivers and vehicles services and systems.
- Entirely new services including a new customer portal, mobile digital driving licence and identity platform.
- The DVLA digital payment service that helps us collect around 6 billion pounds a year.
- New versions of key driving licence services that will help us to reduce paper forms, reduce waiting times and to enable all of our customers to transact digitally.
As part of our core business services, you will work with Java and SpringBoot alongside tools like OpenAPI. No specific Java experience is needed. All you need is a passion for building clean, maintainable, and secure applications using an object-oriented language.
If you’re working on the front-end, you’ll be developing applications and reusable components using a combination of Ruby on Rails and React. You will also have the opportunity to build and develop our external and internal UIs, so this is an exciting opportunity to deliver far reaching, intuitive and accessible front-end systems.
As part of our ongoing mission to support and develop all staff within the DVLA, you will be given a high spec Macbook and we will help you to achieve certification in areas such as AWS and Java, as well as giving you the freedom and support necessary to perform in your role and continuously develop your skill set.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
- Working within a technical framework of the project to meet customer requirements.
- Developing Software in an agile team environment.
- Application Support.
- Working closely with business analysts and agile delivery managers to prepare and review user stories and tasks.
- Some testing responsibilities.
- Mentoring junior developers within the team.
For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.
Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Wednesday 12th March at 12:30pm.
Please click here to book on.
Additional Information
Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
Person specification
- You will be experienced working as a software engineer across multiple teams and projects, developing software using a variety of modern technologies and tools.
- A passion for back-end, front-end development, security or serverless technology.
- You will need to be comfortable in using modern CI/CD tooling with an understanding of languages such as Java, Ruby, C#, HTML, Python or similar. As we develop we are committed to the development of our employees, so we will help you achieve certification in these areas as well as AWS and Azure.
- You need to have a passion for modern software development technologies and standard methodologies.
- You would need to have had to communicate with engineering peers and business partners.
Working for the DVLA Digital Team
At DVLA, licensing is just the start. Every project you implement, touch and deliver has a ripple effect that’ll wash across the nation. Here the work you’re doing has the capacity to change the way 50 million people interact with our services. As we aim to keep our roads some of the safest in the world, our innovative, transformative digital-led services help optimise a nation of individuals and business every single day.
To see how our people are transforming our digital services, head over to our DVLA Digital Services Blog and, to understand more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVLA read our Inside DVLA blog.
Our Principal Engineer covers some hot topics across our Software Development areas which you can find here, "DVLA Software Developer: Behind the Screens".
Check out our DVLA Engineering GitHub for a closet look at the technologies we use and the services we build and maintain. To read about the DVLA’s engineering site please click here.
Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework
The role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.
The base pay is £42,848 In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £14,552.
The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.
Here are more details on the pay framework.
Due to the evolving nature of the business, vacancies can become available at any time. Therefore, this campaign may create a reserve list to fulfil demand if it arises which will be held for a period of 12 months.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
