Senior Developer

Job Description

Senior Developer Birmingham, West Midlands (Hybrid working)The Company Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercialgambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible.We are currently looking for a Senior Developer to join our Digital Team in Birmingham on a full-time basis. The Benefits - Salary of £45,000- Civil service pension, with employer contribution rate of 27.9%- Flexible working- Hybrid working (specific guidelines are to be agreed with line manager)- 26 days holiday and option to buy up to five days extra annual leave (pro rata)Joining us means joining a dynamic, high-profile sector and being at the cutting edge of regulation, where the work you do has a real impact on peoples lives.It also means joining an organisation that is inclusive, that respects work-life balance and is completely dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential. Whether thats through flexible working, really understanding how you work best or exposing youto real opportunities to challenge yourself, if youre passionate about making your mark on the industry and on society, then we will help you do that.The Role As a Senior Developer, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and progressing digital services. Supporting both back and front-end development and integration with 3rd party software, you will ensure services are simple, efficient and accessible and continually work to identify potential improvements to existing services. Training non-technical colleagues, you will drive understanding of technical concepts concisely and clearly, enabling others to understand the role of Development in the organisation. About YouTo be considered as a Senior Developer, you will need:- The ability to deliver maintainable/clean code and set standards for other developers to follow- Experience of building scalable server-side cloud-based web applications in Microsoft Azure and detailed knowledge of the C#, .NET, ASP.NET, .NET Core and MVC programming languages- A detailed understanding of front-end web development - The ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience- Experience of agile development, software patterns, continuous integration and Test-Driven Development- Extensive experience of agile environments and version/source control and their configuration- An understanding the role of accessibility in digital services- The ability to design and build secure digital services, with practical experience catering for OWASP and other vulnerabilitiesExperience of using/implementing the GOV Design System would be beneficial to your application, as would the ability to deliver software to utilise the features of the Azure platform. An understanding of Continuous Integration/Development processes would beadvantageous, as would the ability to deliver RESTFUL web services. A thorough understanding of architectural patterns and principles and the ability to develop software using SQL server as the underlying data store is preferable, as is a solid understandingof SOLID Principles. An understanding of distributed, enterprise level, applications and experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage is desirable.The closing date for this role is 24th August 2022.We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.Other organisations may call this role Senior Front End Developer, Senior Back End Developer, Web App Developer, Web Application Developer, Web Designer and Developer, Digital Web Developer, Web Engineer, or Web and Systems Developer.As the regulator of the National Lottery, there are some roles within the Commission that are prohibited from playing the National Lottery. This does not affect your family playing. We will let you know at interview if the role you have applied for is on theProhibited List.Webrecruit and Gambling Commission are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable wayto conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.So, if youre seeking to develop your career as a Senior Developer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.