Java Software Engineer

Java Software Engineer, you’ll build and support digital services that are used by millions of citizens across the UK.

Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you’ll help design, develop and maintain software products that work better for our users and help transform public services.

You’ll collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to develop secure, resilient and scalable applications using modern technologies including

Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Python and CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll also be an important role of DWP’s thriving engineering community, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and helping teams deliver high-quality software that meets the needs of millions of users.

• Knowledge and experience of developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures.
• Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
• A strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB.
• Experience building and maintaining robust automated test suites that support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Proven experience developing and supporting large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies.

Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £59,813.

Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £13,266 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time).

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You’ll also get all the usual public holidays.

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

• 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, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build secure, scalable digital services that support millions of people across the UK. Working with modern technologies and talented multidisciplinary teams, you’ll develop solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives every day.

Our DWP Digital teams use 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.