Software Developer

Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you! We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade. We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action. Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency. Since early 2018 we have been building a positive and creative team that enjoys a position of influence and respect within an organisation that continues to grow. Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence. Further information can be found on our website here. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. We are Inclusive We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible and recognise how important inclusivity is to achieve the best outcomes. We hope to attract applications from all underrepresented groups. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation if required to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. About the Team We are the OPSS Digital and Technology team, and we build digital services focused on product safety and regulation. Our team is a mixed team of civil servants and contractors that collaborate in agile service teams working on user centred designs. We have an exciting portfolio of services that have internal and external users and there are already further services in our pipeline for future development. This is an exciting time to be at OPSS Digital. As a fast-growing area of the Department for Business and Trade, we're raising compliance standards across the board and making a real-world impact on millions of lives nationwide. This is a mid-level role for an experienced software developer who will have the opportunity to develop and grow in the profession. OPSS has sites in Birmingham, London and Teddington. This role can be based in either our Birmingham or London office. There will be a need to travel to our other sites on occasions. About the Role Software developers are integral to the development, deployment and maintenance of our services to ensure they meet user and business needs. You'll work within an agile delivery team to design, code, test and document programs to enable our services function as required. Our expanding digital service portfolio currently has two .NET (C#) services: UK Market Conformity Assessment Bodies (UKMCAB) and Primary Authority Register v4 (PARv4). UKMCAB is the definitive register of UK Government appointed CABs who can certify goods for both the GB and NI markets and is approaching the BAU phase in the development lifecycle. PARv4 will allow businesses to receive assured and tailored advice on meeting regulations through direct or co-ordinated partnerships with local authorities and is approaching the private Beta phase in the development lifecycle. Depending on priorities, you will be working between the two services. Along with the rest of the team, you'll be helping lead OPSS colleagues through each service's development lifecycle. Our flexible working policy ensures a healthy work-life balance. We also nurture talent and offer a broad range of learning and development opportunities that will help you flourish in your role. We work hard to maintain a positive working culture and are committed to helping you fulfil your potential. We value diversity and provide an open, inclusive and supportive environment to help you do your best work.,

• Design software products using C# language to serve a variety of user needs and enhancing existing software products to meet evolving user needs.
• Ensure a quality software product is delivered and maintained, alongside assessing and peer review the work of others.
• Be a practitioner in the use of technologies and tools, evaluating and adopting those appropriate for the environment.
• Support an environment where continuous or "on demand" delivery can be enabled if needed by the business, using effective delivery and deployment techniques.
• Support services, identify, locate and competently fix faults, and take proactive actions.
• Mentor junior developers in the team