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On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer for a 12 month (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid in Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool or Birmingham.
 
The team requires an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer with a strong backend engineering background to support current and future service demand. The role will complement existing capacity for day-to-day delivery and operational support while helping to modernise and enhance the Attendance Allowance service.
 
Core Purpose
 
The Attendance Allowance service has a delivery dependency on a wider Service Modernisation programme, requiring continued enhancement of the user journey while maintaining a stable and reliable service. Alongside delivering new features, the team is managing a range of competing priorities including technical debt remediation, ongoing service maintenance and support, GitLab migration activities, CI/CD pipeline improvements, dependency management and upgrades, peer code reviews and engineering best practice initiatives.
 
The team also collaborates closely to resolve critical issues through Agile swarming and contributes to wider technical and architectural improvements across the service. As a result, additional engineering capability is required to sustain delivery, protect service stability and support the long-term health and evolution of the Attendance Allowance service.
 
As a Senior Full Stack Developer, your main responsibilities will be to:
 <ul>
<li>Contribute to feature development within two-week sprint cycles</li>
<li>Develop and maintain backend services and APIs</li>
<li>Support technical architecture and contribute to strategic design decisions</li>
<li>Assist with service maintenance, pipeline configuration and dependency management</li>
<li>Participate in code reviews, technical discussions and Agile ceremonies</li>
<li>Work closely with operational and change teams to deliver user-focused solutions</li>
<li>Support continuous improvement of engineering practices and delivery standards</li>
</ul>
Essential: 
<ul>
<li>Full stack development experience with a strong backend focus across Java and Node.js environments</li>
<li>Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot</li>
<li>Experience developing applications using Node.js</li>
<li>Strong understanding of microservices architecture</li>
<li>Experience building and consuming REST APIs</li>
<li>Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices</li>
<li>Proven experience working within Agile Scrum teams, with a strong understanding of Scrum values, collaborative delivery and continuous improvement, enabling effective contribution within a high-performing team environment</li>
<li>Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills</li>
</ul>
Desirable: 
<ul>
<li>Experience working with messaging or queuing technologies</li>
<li>AWS cloud experience</li>
<li>Experience managing and reducing technical debt</li>
<li>Working knowledge of GitLab and dependency management tooling</li>
<li>Broad experience across multiple technologies and tooling environments</li>
</ul>
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.
 
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".

Senior Full Stack Developer

Swindon Hybrid working,
 
Band E - £42,730 - £53,547
 
We are a friendly team of IT specialists in engineering, spanning different age groups and backgrounds. We are passionate about delivering the best service we possibly can and ensuring that the UKSBS achieves its mission and vision. Our working environment is inclusive and supportive, and we are always available if someone needs help. The approach to leadership in our team is consultative; you won’t be micromanaged here, but you will be supported and enabled to take responsibility for delivery and achieving results in your area.
 
We are always looking for ways to improve, whether that be with the assistance of technology products, ways of working, or continuous improvement. We strive to be the best we can be in all areas of our work.
 
We work a mixture of full and part-time hours across a 37-hour week, with start times varying, starting at 07:00 hrs. We have a hybrid working model that offers flexibility; part of the team works remotely from home, only coming into the office in Swindon once a week, and some of us prefer to be in the office more often. We think it is important that you have the option to choose what hours and base location work best for you.
 
Duties will include, but are not limited to the following: 
<ul>
<li>Oversee and support the core infrastructure platforms underpinning services provided to UK SBS and its partners.</li>
<li>Monitor and report on system performance and capacity using appropriate tooling, ensuring effective logging, tracking and analysis.</li>
<li>Work collaboratively across the wider D&I function to drive initiatives and continuous improvement aligned to UK SBS values.</li>
<li>Produce and maintain technical documentation, including low-level designs, diagrams and standard operating procedures.</li>
<li>Support and participate in major incident management as required.</li>
<li>Act as a senior technical escalation point, providing expertise and guidance on supported technologies, particularly where end user experience is impacted.</li>
<li>Support the introduction of new services and technologies, ensuring adherence to agreed Service Transition processes.</li>
<li>Provide specialist technical advice and guidance through to resolution, working with SMEs where needed.</li>
<li>Manage and prioritise workload effectively to meet service and delivery commitments.</li>
<li>Build strong relationships across teams and stakeholders to share knowledge, influence outcomes and support delivery.</li>
<li>Contribute to cross-team initiatives and projects to achieve wider business objectives. Proactively identify and implement improvements to processes and ways of working. Maintain and continually develop own technical knowledge and specialism.</li>
</ul>
To do this role well you will: 
<ul>
<li>Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure (OS, hardware, storage, networking)</li>
<li>Experience supporting enterprise platforms, including:</li>
<li>Azure & AWS, with AVD, Conditional Access, VMs and App Services</li>
<li>Windows Server (2019+)</li>
<li>IaC tools (Terraform, Puppet, Jenkins, Docker, Packer)</li>
<li>VMware (vSphere, vCenter, hybrid environments)</li>
<li>Storage (Pure, NetApp, Tegile/IntelliFlash)</li>
<li>Backup solutions (Veeam preferred)</li>
<li>Strong communication and stakeholder engagement</li>
<li>Relevant qualification or equivalent IT infrastructure experience</li>
</ul>
Desirable
 
<ul>
<li>DevOps knowledge</li>
<li>ServiceNow and/or Jira experience</li>
<li>ITIL v3 or v4 certification</li>
</ul>
Life at UKSBS
 
We value our employees and recognise the importance of ongoing professional development in enabling people to fulfil their ambitions. Whether you are starting out in your career or looking to build on existing experience, we can provide you with opportunities to work towards your goals.
 
Our in-house expertise is vast, whether you’re interested in learning more about a particular type of software, you need to work on your presentation skills, or you want to develop your ability to influence and negotiate skills, we will support you.
 
We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.
 
We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. [1] Find out more about our equality, diversity and inclusion commitments on our website.
 
UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.
 
We look forward to hearing from you.
 
We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.
 
References
 
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 1. https://www.uksbs.co.uk/about-uksbs/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/

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