Job Vacancy JavaScript/Node. JS Software Engineer

JavaScript/Node. JS Software Engineer: Pay of £58,347 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

Our digital teams are using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application?

• Good understanding and experience of modern JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Express with a real focus on Microservice Architectures (RESTful services including SOAP).*
• Good experience developing User Interfaces (UI) that adhere to WCAG compliance 2.2 and experience of accessibilities tools such as AXE and WAVE.
• Experience developing on cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.
• Proven experience developing utilising key standards such as a Test Driven Design (TDD) and Government Digital Service (GDS).
• Knowledge of SQL, NoSQL and in-memory database applications such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills required to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.

You and your role

We want our Software Engineers to work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make design decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, working alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

Together we use the latest and greatest tools and technologies to build applications and products that work for millions of users.

You'll be part of a thriving Engineering community of practice, supported by over 200 other engineering experts from across the UK, all united by passion and purpose.

We want you to be at your best. We'll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in our brilliant digital hubs in Newcastle. We're just across the road from Longbenton Metro.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office.

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of £58,347 p.a.

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth £13,000/year).

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days

• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home

• Family-friendly policies

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket

• Sports and social activities

• Working in an award-winning environment and culture

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

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