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The Senior Power Platform Developer is key for our enablement programme. You will be expected to mentor and lead other engineers in technical tasks, ensuring that engineering work is done effectively.
You and your team will develop core components both for our team and the wider Power Platform community across Home Office, selecting appropriate technologies. Your subject matter expertise will enable you to operate with greater levels of autonomy and decision making.
You will work to our technical standards writing clean, secure code following a test‑driven approach, ensuring the code is open as far as possible and can be re‑used.
You will also deputise for the G7 Power Platform Technical Lead when required, as well as support recruitment and assessment activities.
👀 What will you be doing? 👀
Supporting the G6 Head of Power Platform and G7 Power Platform Technical Lead, your main day‑to‑day responsibilities will be:
* Coaching/mentoring more junior engineers and leading technical tasks across your team to balance new and live services.
* Undertaking a breadth of development tasks to deliver secure, reliable and scalable software components in your team.
* Designing new software components using appropriate tools (low‑code and code) and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping.
* Keeping up to speed with the technology landscape working with other engineers to develop new approaches, maintaining a focus on automated development and deployment.
* Defining and documenting test cases for new software components.
* Supporting services you have delivered through regular maintenance activities, balancing your work with your leadership
🚀 Your skills for this role 🚀
As a Senior Developer you will have experience of:
* Experience designing components for cloud platforms (such as Power Platform, Azure, or AWS), working with other professions such as architects, and explaining concepts to non‑technical stakeholders (Software Design – SWDN).
* Expertise in designing secure modern database systems (using at least one of Dataverse, MySQL, NoSQL, or PostgreSQL), including transformation of data (Data Management – DATM).
* Experience of defining test cases and working with test professionals (Quality Assurance Testers) to enable comprehensive test coverage and reporting (Testing – TEST).
* Producing high quality documentation, resolving issues and incidents in live services, and devising ways to improve reliability and performance (Application Support – ASUP).
* Expertise in using Git and developing processes and procedures for a secure CI/CD capability, as well as Agile ways of working (Systems Integration and Build – SINT).
* Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
* Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
* Flexible working: Options include full‑time, part‑time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on‑site).
* Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
* Inclusion and recognition: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.
Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers
Please note: This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years.
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Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering, Information Technology, and General Business
Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting, Software Development, and Design Services
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