ONS Digital is continuing to improve its public facing digital products following the launch of the new website earlier this year. This role will work alongside the existing team to work on an ambitious roadmap to improve data discovery features for our users.
Organisation the work is for Office for National Statistics
Job Description
About the work
Who the specialist will work with
A multi-disciplinary agile team including UX designer, user researcher, front-end developer, back-end developer, content designer, web ops, tech arch, delivery manager and service manager
What the specialist will work on
The Developer will work with the team to refactor and streamline our back-end applications to meet 12-factor app principles, making use of message-based event driven processes and introducing a database so our service can scale horizontally.
Work setup
Address where the work will take place Newport, South Wales
Working arrangements Work will be on-site in Newport (Mon-Fri) - there is the potential for work from home days by agreement with Service Manager,
Security clearance Disclosure Scotland security vetting.
Qualifications
Skills and experience
Essential skills and experience
* Significant experience with at least one programming language commonly used for back-end web development - ideally Java.
* Experience of storing and handling significant data sets
* Knowledge of the latest secure coding practices (e.g. OWASP).
* Experience with multiple web development frameworks.
* Experience working with relational or non-relational databases.
* Experience working in an agile team using BDD and TDD.
* Experience of complex projects enabling the candidate to input and lead on design decisions.
* Experience of working as a developer within an agile team. e.g. Using Scrum, Kanban or similar methodologies.
* Experience of designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs, particularly using JSON.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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