The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports. Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property. We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications. You could be creating and maintaining some of the most critical public services in the United Kingdom and transforming how we use data and technology to improve these. We are responsible for designing, building and supporting solutions to help people prove their identity or apply for visas. You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counterterrorism, which helps protect UK borders. The Associate Developer will be paired with an engineering colleague to learn on the job whilst designing, running and improving software components. You can expect to benefit from training, coaching and mentoring to help you develop in this role. You will be learning to work to our technical standards writing clean and secure code. Your work will be relatively procedural and guided by your team. Tools and Technologies we use: We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including: Backend: SQL ,PL/SQL, Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform, Logic Apps Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular Data: Oracle RDBMS, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra DevOps: OCI, AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Azure Service Fabric, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Azure DevOps. Key responsibilities Your main day to day responsibilities will be: Completing basic automation, Application Programming Interface (API) and general development and test tasks on your own initiative, and more advanced tasks under the supervision of others. Proposing automations and changes that fit within the overall models and patterns set by senior developers. Identifying and resolving issues with one of our systems, using established methods. Supporting the definition and delivery of new services. Learning more advanced software development and delivery skills to advance as an engineer. All our engineers will be expected to embody an open and positive approach, supporting the Home Office in: Progressing the Home Office Digital Profession, understanding all roles and helping to build our community. Working and assessing to appropriate standards: for instance, accessibility, the Government Digital Service (GDS) service standard and our own community practices. Improving our skills and approaches as well as keeping up to speed with the technology landscape. Working pattern This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part-time working hours, with a minimum requirement to work 30 hours per week due to business requirements. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .