Senior Software Developer

24 month contract (possible extension of 12 months)
£550 PD, Inside IR35
Hybrid, 2 days a week in Office

A widely recognised government body, utilised daily by millions, is looking for a Senior Software Developer to help build out a new bespoke development project. The selected candidate will be working on an exciting expansion project that will expand the services offered by an estimated 13% each day.

What will I be doing?

You’ll be working with a small team to extend an existing Azure application which is responsible for the backbone of the services they offer. Collaborating closely with the project team, including a Delivery Lead, Product Owners, internal and external Subject Matter Experts, and various stakeholders. In delivering this comprehensive solution, you’ll seamlessly integrate bespoke data sources written by 3^rd parties and work with them if needed. You’ll also:

• Coordinate, conduct, or actively participate in meetings and delivery events, following team-defined processes to ensure the quality and efficiency of the team’s work.
• Champion the principles and standards of Technology and Data, ensuring that the delivered work is of quality, comprehensive, robust, and highly performant.
• Take responsibility for development plans, forecasts, and budgetary estimates to facilitate consistent and timely project planning.
• Generate technical documentation to support governance processes such as architecture and change review.
• Offer development expertise and insights to facilitate the effective evaluation of new technologies.
• Rectify software application defects following agreed-upon developer operations practices.

What experience do I need?

• Experience in developing, supporting, and maintaining data-centric, complex, and computation-intensive Azure end-user web applications used by both internal and external subject matter experts.
• Mastery in developing, supporting, and maintaining primarily Microsoft Azure-based APIs catering to a diverse array of large-scale, high-performance, transactional systems.
• Advanced skills in Azure development, DevOps, and deployment methodologies and tools.
• Demonstrated track record of proactively delivering business-critical, high-profile systems with tight, rapid iterations.
• Proven experience of outstanding teamwork and excellent collaboration with a broad spectrum of delivery teams.

Experience in the following is also desirable:

CI/CD Pipelines, C# .Net Framework, AngularJS, PowerShell, Microsoft SQL Server, XML, Agile Scrum, Azure Cloud, Azure Active Directory B2C, Microsoft Identity Platform.