The Software Developer role will sit within Social Security Scotland’s Chief Digital Office (CDO), which has a remit to provide infrastructure and systems to support both the wider social security programme and Social Security Scotland.
We aim to develop within Social Security Scotland, a positive and inclusive culture, which supports our people to flourish, by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity and respect, and recognise each other’s contributions.
Social Security Scotland, an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, delivers 17 major benefits, reaching around 2 million people across Scotland. With an annual benefit budget of £6.7 billion for 2025–2026, Social Security Scotland plays a central role in supporting low-income and disabled individuals, carers, and families, while contributing to the Scottish Government’s statutory child poverty targets. Our Charter affirms the agency’s values and commitments, ensuring that clients are treated with dignity, fairness and respect, and that their feedback informs service enhancements.
Social Security Scotland embeds a positive and inclusive organisational culture. This focuses on employee well being, diversity and inclusion, professional development, and performance improvement. The agency recognises that its workforce is key to delivering high-quality public services and is committed to creating an environment where staff are empowered to grow and contribute meaningfully.
A Senior Developer delivers and integrates software to form a complete service.
At this role level, you will:
* plan and lead development on sets of related stories.
* have an understanding of the whole system and take responsibility for teaching this to others.
* work with other disciplines to understand what needs to be built.
* coach and mentor more junior colleagues.
* operate the production services you build.
* find ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability.
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