Software Developer
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Leeds, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 36KJob location
Leeds, United Kingdom
Tech stack
JavaScript
Agile Methodologies
Unit Testing
Scrum
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Strategies of Testing
TypeScript
Test Scripts
Job description
- Building digital services and software solutions to serve a variety of user's needs and complying with the Digital by Default service standard.
- Software development using Agile methodologies (particularly Scrum) as part of a dynamic team of other developers, testers, business analysts, product owners and scrum master's to deliver quality software solutions.
- Developing solutions that put the user and user experience first.
- Creating a culture of collaboration between development teams and business partners to establish and enable accelerated delivery models.
- Analysis, specification, design, development, testing and release of bespoke applications for use within DVSA using TypeScript, JavaScript/HTML/CSS
- Unit testing of developed code
- Working collaboratively while learning from and supporting other members of the Scrum team
- Supporting the creation of standardised documentation (test strategy/test scripts, technical release)
Requirements
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About the company
This will be a key role in the design, build, support, implementation and improvement of digital services, products, and platforms across DVSA. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team using Agile delivery methodologies, delivering solutions that meet user needs.
You will be committed to quality and will use quality software engineering techniques within the team, such as code review, design review, reusability of code, refactoring, automated testing, and use of standards
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
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