Software developer (Mid-level)

As a Software Developer at Jisc, you’ll supercharge your career through our dynamic skills framework-a clear, inspiring pathway that helps you level up fast. You’ll grow against open, measurable criteria based on your technical expertise, unlocking your next step the moment you’re ready. It’s all about fuelling your continuous development, stretching your skills and pushing your potential further than ever., * Designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable applications using modern engineering practices and cloud native approaches.

• Refining technical requirements with users and product owners, translating them into well structured development tasks and architectural decisions.
• Leading testing activities, implementing automated test strategies, and driving debugging and performance optimisation across the stack.
• Demonstrating new features and technical enhancements to stakeholders, clearly articulating engineering choices and trade offs.
• Contributing to application and cloud architecture design, including pipelines, deployments, and infrastructure patterns.
• Monitoring how Jisc’s applications operate in real world environments and ensuring development work aligns with sector needs.
• Supporting team effectiveness by mentoring others, enabling collaborative problem solving, and fostering an inclusive, feedback positive environment., Jisc has an active sponsor licence to recruit on a Skilled worker visa basis. Candidates wishing to apply who require sponsorship should determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant Home Office criteria. Jisc does not offer any financial re-imbursement towards the applicant costs, such as re-location, skilled worker visa and dependant costs or the immigration health charge.

In this role developers are expected to work independently and take ownership of moderately complex tasks. They should demonstrate proficiency in debugging, testing, and optimizing code, and contribute to architectural decisions. They often mentor others, collaborate effectively across teams, and show initiative in improving workflows and code quality. They show a growing understanding of the full development lifecycle and ability to balance technical and business needs., * Experience delivering production ready software, taking ownership of work and contributing across the stack where needed.

• Ideally knowledge of Python and/or Typescript, SQL, Terraform, CDK, GitHub, and AWS, though good knowledge of modern software development languages and practises and a willingness to learn is more important than specific technologies
• Ability to plan, design, code, test, optimise, and document software with minimal guidance, favouring simplicity and maintainability.
• Skilled in debugging, performance tuning, source control workflows, and contributing to architectural and design decisions.
• A proactive, curious mindset with a commitment to continuous learning, improving team practices, and supporting inclusive collaboration.
• Clear, concise communication that enables constructive feedback, shared problem solving, and balanced decision making.

Pulled from the full job description

• Annual leave
• Employee discount
• Company pension
• Paid volunteer time, Salary: £44,000 to £62,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience and in line with our skills framework levels) + Comprehensive benefits package Jisc grade: TSO3 (internal use only) Job Type: Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week Reports into: Software team lead Working style: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. We have hubs located in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford.

About Jisc: For 30 years Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.

We are uniquely positioned to protect, promote and lead the sector in digital and data transformation, making a difference to students, communities and society. Together, we are working to build a better digital future for education and research.

Raise your potential through our culture of lifelong learning. At Jisc, we’re all about growth, so embrace new challenges, sharpen your skills and shape a career that excites you., Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value, so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.

Why work for us? At Jisc, every role is meaningful, and every individual is valued. We foster a culture of continuous learning and personal growth, offering opportunities to develop new skills and make a real impact in education and research. With a strong focus on work-life balance, we embrace flexible working that prioritises outcomes over hours, empowering you to create a rhythm that energises both your professional and personal life.

Our Guiding Principles: Jisc’s culture is powered by our four guiding principles: putting customers first, driving innovation, creating impact, and championing inclusive collaboration to deliver sustainable outcomes and shape a better future.

Discover the amazing benefits we provide! Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes three closure days over Christmas
• Buy up to an additional 5 days leave during the flexible benefits window
• Generous flexible pension schemes
• A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, mental health first aiders and support
• A company culture of continuous learning with access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning courses, and lots of resources and opportunities to support your development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
• A wide range of discounts and cashback from retailers and big-name high-street stores
• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity and co-parental leave as well as opportunity for career breaks
• Support your volunteering with up to 3 days volunteer leave

Equity, diversity and inclusion: Jisc believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging.