Senior Software Developer (Full Time/Part Time)
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West Midlands Police IT & Digital in 2025 is a dynamic and forward‑thinking organisation of individuals committed to delivering excellent information technology solutions to support West Midlands Police and the public we serve.
Cloud Services underpin all aspects of West Midlands Police today; we operate a technically hybrid estate, and our services running under Amazon Web Services are critical to enabling Police Officers and Police Staff to perform their roles and fulfil the Force’s mission of ‘working in partnership, making communities safer’.
The IT & Digital Cloud Services Team (AWS) is looking for an experienced full stack software developer with a passion for designing and developing modern business analytics applications on large complex datasets and running on scalable cloud infrastructure. You will develop and support mission critical policing systems and work with native cloud technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build and implement web applications in support of operational policing
* Collaborate within the Cloud Services Team, across the IT&D department and the wider organisation to build value into all solutions
* Put people first and work to improve solutions in all aspects from user experience, maintainability, reliability, security and value for money
* Research, learn and apply new techniques and frameworks to improve current solutions and design new solutions to business challenges
Essential Skills
* Ability to collaborate effectively within a team of software development professionals
* Ability to gather a detailed understanding of business requirements, conceptualise potential solutions, articulate ideas and discuss designs within teams
* Demonstrable knowledge and proven skills in building modern web applications including responsive user interfaces, REST based web services and SQL data query and manipulation
* Several years’ experience developing Web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React and Vue
* Skilled in writing Java application code
* Skilled in the design and interpretation of relational data models for storage and query of structured data
* Ability to rapidly prototype ideas into simple working solutions, presenting to team and clients
* Knowledge of traditional client server, 3‑tier hosting and familiarity with Cloud computing concepts
* Experienced using source code version control within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable Skills
* Experience developing solutions within a Continuous Integration and Delivery pipeline
* Experience working with graph databases and interrogating the models using graph traversal languages
* Knowledge and practical skills configuring Cloud based serverless runtime environments
* Understand how to implement, and have implemented, authentication and authorisation into SPA’s using OAuth 2.0 based protocols
Benefit Statement
* Fair remuneration with progression opportunities and access to a very competitive pension scheme
* Enhanced annual leave in addition to public holiday entitlements
* Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities
* A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs
Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
Medical: Appointment to this role may be dependent upon successfully completing medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.
Interview: TBC
Contact: For further information email careers@westmidlands.police.uk
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader – the highest level organisations can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. All candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
Diversity and Inclusion Vision: Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service to our communities
About Us
West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.8 million.
The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually.
The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, with 18 per cent of its population from ethnic minority backgrounds.
An average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe.
Against this backdrop, the force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24‑hours‑a‑day, seven days a week.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Law Enforcement
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