Developer

This is a hybrid role with the expectation that the successful candidate will work 3 days per week in our Birmingham office and 2 days a week from home., As part of the Digital and IT Team you will be involved in the creation and maintenance of Digital services for both internal and external users. This includes front and back-end development, and the integration with 3rd party software., + It’s about understanding our users. You will be involved in the whole lifecycle of delivery and must understand the user needs. All development should put the user at the heart.
+ It’s about making things simple. You will remove complexity in services by working with service designers, user researchers and content designers to understand user needs, with the aim of ensuring services are simpler, clearer and faster to use. You will be responsible for working with the support and testing team to ensure the service is high quality and performs well.
+ It’s about continuous improvement. You will identify potential improvements to existing services and work with the Digital Team to understand and implement these.
+ It’s about collaboration. You will work in an open and collaborative way, using the tools we have to ensure your work is visible and understood. You will coach and support other members of the team.
+ It’s about knowledge sharing. You will actively contribute to the team and Commission goals of putting users at the heart of our services, by sharing your knowledge and supporting others to understand the role of Development.
The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of duties. You will be required to perform any reasonable tasks commensurate with the level of responsibility at the request of your Manager., The recruitment process for this role will consist of two stages; a technical assessment and a final interview.
If your application is successful you will be invited to complete a technical assessment. In this you are asked to complete a code-based exercise and send your completed work back to us. This will be reviewed by us and discussed in a final interview.
Interviews are likely to be held from 20th November 2024.
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visas currently.
Incomplete applications will be discounted from shortlisting. Please ensure your application is fully completed and submitted before logging out of your account.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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+ Ability to deliver maintainable/clean code and follow coding standards/
+ Experience building scalable server-side cloud-based web applications in Microsoft Azure and detailed knowledge of the C#, .NET, ASP.NET, .NET Core and MVC programming languages. Detailed understanding of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS and Node JS).
+ An ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audience.
+ Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.
+ Experience of agile development, software patterns, continuous integration and Test-Driven Development.
+ Experience of agile environments and version/source control and their configuration.
+ Understanding the role of accessibility in digital services.
+ Ability to build secure digital services, with knowledge of OWASP and other vulnerabilities.
Desirable:
+ Able to deliver software to utilise the features of the Azure platform, Devops and guide team on these features.
+ An understanding of Continuous Integration/Development processes.
+ Able to deliver RESTFUL web services.
+ An understanding of architectural patterns and principles
+ Able to develop software using SQL server as the underlying data store.
+ An understanding of SOLID Principles.
+ An understanding of distributed, enterprise level, applications.
+ Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage.
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Alongside your salary of £35,000, Gambling Commission contributes £10,139 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Generous Civil Service Pension, with an employer contribution rate of 27%
+ 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service, with the option to buy up to five days extra annual leave
+ Flexible working
+ Hybrid working, with regular travel to Birmingham
+ Ergonomic, fully accessible office, very close to Birmingham New Street Station
+ Open, collaborative and people focused culture
+ Employee Assistance Programme