Role: Senior Software Developer Contract: 12 months Location: London or Manchester – 2 days a week onsite IR35: Inside Rate to intermediary: £600 - £650 Clearance: BPSS and eligible for SC Responsibilities: As a Senior Software Developer you'll: Work within a multi-disciplinary product team and lead decisions on, development, and maintenance of a robust, scalable open data website (front end and back end), its services and APIs Provide strategic technical leadership by setting software architecture, engineering practices, and technical direction across the Team Define and evolve scalable, secure design patterns and coding standards, ensuring alignment with GDS standards and cross-government platforms Collaborate with teams to select technologies, shape roadmaps, and deliver resilient, maintainable digital services that meet programme goals Represent the department at technical forums, open-source communities, and government working groups Ensure delivery aligns with the Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice, and departmental governance processes Experience: Significant experience in software engineering, including leading the development of production-level web services. Strong coding ability in Python and at least one other modern language Understanding and ability to work with Docker and Kubernetes Understanding and ability to work with HTML, CSS and JavaScript Strong experience working with git as a version control system and effectively documenting development. Experience of developing containerised applications and the capability to work with engineers to deploy applications in the cloud. Ability to engage with non-technical stakeholders and explain complex technical concepts in a clear, accessible way Experience leading delivery across multi-disciplinary teams Keyboard Shortcuts F9 - Move focus from the edit area to the Footer Toolbar F10 - Move focus from the edit area to the first toolbar button Shift TAB - Move focus from the edit area to the last toolbar button About You Not Specified Keyboard Shortcuts F9 - Move focus from the edit area to the Footer Toolbar F10 - Move focus from the edit area to the first toolbar button Shift TAB - Move focus from the edit area to the last toolbar button About Us