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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- **Location:** Leeds, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £57,946.0 - £80,664.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Database Applications, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Standard Sql, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** September 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2961512011-2

## About the Role

* A proven track record of building and deploying modern Java applications.

 * Significant experience of building in cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.

 * An excellent understanding of TDD and BDD.

 * Detailed working knowledge of SQL and noSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB.

 * Extensive experience and proven track record in the build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.

 * Strong working knowledge and practical experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.