Software Developer (Ref: 23579)

Overview

As a Software Developer in HMCTS, you contribute to building and maintaining services that support the justice system. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure applications that serve users across England and Wales. You’ll adopt modern development practices, focus on quality, and continuously improve through iteration and learning. The role offers opportunities to influence public services at scale while aligning with government standards and security. This is a mission-driven role in a collaborative, inclusive environment with training and career development support.

Pay / Benefits

• pension scheme with employer contributions
• learning and development opportunities
• flexible working options
• inclusive and diverse workplace culture
• annual leave and public holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

Responsibilities

• Write, amend, refactor, and document code to build complex programs and scripts, taking a lead when appropriate
• Adhere to software development standards and internal processes, promoting best practices across the team
• Continuously learn and adapt to changes in the tech stack and security landscape
• Ensure products are secure, compliant, and protect information confidentiality and integrity
• Support and maintain software in live environments and handle deployment tasks
• Plan development across related user stories and coordinate system integrations
• Contribute to software development approach selection (plan-driven, iterative/agile)
• Identify and address opportunities to improve development processes and reduce tech debt
• Translate user stories into designs and deliver software that meets user needs
• Collaborate with researchers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to focus on user needs
• Mentor junior colleagues, participate in recruitment, and contribute to procurement activities
• Design systems with appropriate risk levels and governance, reviewing others’ designs for efficiency and integration
• Lead on integration testing and coordinate build activities across systems
• Adopt test-driven development and write automated tests for complex scenarios
• Embody and promote user-centred approaches and prototyping as needed

Key requirements

• Experience in a modern object-oriented programming language and knowledge of the core tech stack
• Experience developing enterprise and public-facing applications
• Knowledge of HTTP, a web framework (e.g., Spring Boot or Angular), and a relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Experience with logging/monitoring, ORM, authentication/authorization, cloud hosting, systems integration, source control, package management
• Experience with modern development tools and techniques
• Understanding of common security issues and mitigation strategies
• Ability to solve problems analytically and work well in a collaborative team

• collaborative mindset
• problem-solving ability
• continuous learner
• Java
• Node.js
• Power Platform

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