Senior Software Developer (Java), HEO, Perm, Liverpool/ Newport

Do you want to use your Java expertise to build software that protects the public and strengthens trust in charities?

Join a mission-driven engineering team where modern tech, meaningful impact, and professional growth come together.

Collaborate to innovate and develop high-quality services used nationwide to improve transparency and support a thriving charity sector?

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain software that meets user needs, producing clean, secure, and well-tested code. You'll work within agile or waterfall delivery frameworks, depending on the project, and follow robust peer-review processes to ensure quality and consistency.

As part of our collaborative team, you'll work closely with colleagues across the DDaT directorate and partner with teams across the wider Charity Commission. Your work will directly support our organisational goals and contribute to the delivery of our overall strategy.

You will also help strengthen the team by coaching and mentoring junior developers, sharing knowledge, and supporting capability building across the function.

A key responsibility will be operating and maintaining Charity Commission systems. This includes proactively identifying issues in production environments and ensuring services are reliable, secure, and aligned with the Government Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.

This role is ideal for a developer who enjoys solving meaningful problems, improving ways of working, and contributing to impactful public-sector services.

The main things you will be doing are:

• Planning and running user research that delivers real insight, using the right methods, involving your multidisciplinary team, and turning findings into clear, actionable guidance.
• Embedding research into agile delivery, working closely with designers, product managers and developers to support iterative design and ensure user needs drive each stage of development.
• Championing inclusive research, ensuring a diverse range of users take part in studies and helping create services that are accessible and usable for everyone.
• Strengthening our research practice, defining the scope of studies, applying good standards, seeking guidance when needed, and continually improving how we work.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders, communicating research effectively, influencing decisions with evidence, and helping align organisational priorities with user needs.

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