About the JobThe Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government — we are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:joining up public sector servicesharnessing the power of AI for the public goodstrengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructureelevating leadership and investing in talentfunding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovationcommitting to transparency and driving accountabilityLocationBristol, ManchesterResponsibilitieswork as part of a multi-disciplinary agile team, collaborating with frontend developers, content designers, product managers and user researchers to ensure your code puts users first at all stages of developmentwrite clean and secure code following a test-driven approachimplement tools to support development and continuous improvement of the systems you work onsupport the live operation of the services we run during office hours, answering support queries from users, monitoring error rates and responding to incidentsparticipate in out-of-hours support rotas where necessary – you'll be paid an allowance, and a further hourly payment for any duties you perform when on callshare your work and the things you’ve learned through blog posts, show and tells, with the option of presenting at conferences and meetupsuse your learning and development budget to develop your careerQualificationshave experience in back-end development, ideally with knowledge of web development in Python, NodeJS or Javahave experience working with cloud based web applications, with technologies such as databases, caching, CDNs, containerisation and Unix-like operating systemshave thorough understanding of software design principles, and an ability to apply themhave proven experience of modern software development approaches such as automated testing, test driven development, continuous integration, pair programming, code review and version controlhave understanding of common web security risks such as OWASP Top 10, and the corresponding mitigationsenjoy researching and learning new programming tools and techniques and sharing their skills with othershave experience working in a collaborative environment, and an understanding of the benefits of agile and multi-disciplinary approacheshave a desire to use their skills and experience to make a genuine difference, and to work on important services that are relied upon by millions of peopleprovide technical leadership within team, advising and working with developers to identify the best solutionstake responsibility for solving complex issues, drawing upon a broad knowledge of web technologiestake responsibility for developing others, through line management and/or mentoringhelp recruit other developers and, where appropriate, get involved with sifting and interviewing #J-18808-Ljbffr