Senior Full Stack/Node.js Engineer

Description & Requirements

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Node,js Engineer for a 12 Months (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid/ in Manchester.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation

Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now

Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society

Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

As a Senior Full Stack/ Node.js Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizen services and contribute towards their design.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build, and be in a position to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products.

You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products.

Senior software engineer is critical to progress work on this team. These services are part of AME Payments, required in the delivery of DWP Strategy/ARA. Without this additional skillset there will be delays in delivering the service, which will have a detrimental impact on dependent consuming services.

Essential:

Significant and demonstrable experience of development in open source technologies like JavaScript, Node.js, Test-driven development alongside use of automated test frameworks. Using Linux based Operating Systems like RHEL, working with distributed version control systems such as Git.

Experience of leading Software Engineers in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, delivering products within specific time-scales, being able to quickly comprehend and convert business requirement and user stories into technical solutions and engaging with multiple senior Stakeholders

Experience of developing in cloud based environments. Ability to build and test interfaces between systems

Desirable:

Demonstrable experience working with Software Engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack

Demonstrable experience of Behaviour Driven Development with tools like Cucumber

Experience of modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by other Software Engineers

Experience building public facing and internal REST

Experience developing software within a Micro-Service architecture.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.