AMS PSR

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Principal Software Developer Inside IR35 for a 6 months contract based Hybrid Newcastle.

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

As a Principal Software Developer, your main responsibilities will be:

Essential:

You will be responsible for the development of frontend and backend services, applying a rigorous testing approach to ensure applications are functionally sound, secure, performant, and maintainable. You will design code to operate in different host environments, with the ability to effectively debug production issues.

You will need to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment with other technical and non-technical stakeholders, and proactively input technical detail to architectural designs and business analysis.

We are looking for an engineering leader across the breadth of the software development lifecycle, from analysing technical requirements, to developing high quality applications and supporting them in production. By owning and championing engineering standards and best practices, you will ensure quality outcomes and reduce technical debt.

You will be adept at software engineering disciplines and proficient in a range of programming languages (TypeScript, Python), frameworks (NextJS), techniques (TDD, containerisation), data services (PostgreSQL, message queues), and tools (git, GtHub Actions).

· Responsible for developing engineering standards and best practices, and help teams to adopt efficient ways of working.

· Articulate technical options that meet user and business needs, and set technical direction.

· Collaborate with user centred designers and architects to translate technical designs into working end-to-end services.

· Ensure applications are compliant with appropriate standards including functional and non-functional requirements.

· Work closely with DevOps colleagues to iterate continuous build pipelines that deliver releases frequently and reliably.

· Lead the evaluation of tooling and solutions to aid constant improvements, ensuring products are built in the right way.

· Proactively share knowledge, solutions and support our internal communities along with mentoring, coaching, and supporting engineers.

· A leader who understands agile ways of working, and can influence others.

· Proven experience implementing applications as part of complex, multi-component services running within AWS infrastructure.

· Proven experience working with relational and non-relational databases, and handling sensitive data.

· Experience building and running containerised applications as part of a Kubernetes cluster (EKS).

· Demonstrable skills in modern development languages and practices, and have an aptitude to learn more.

· Deep understanding of software design patterns and applying them effectively to produce testable solutions that can adapt to changing needs.

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, The Cabinet Office 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

The Cabinet Office 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.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".