Senior Developer for NOMS Digital Studio

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Who Speclialist Work With You will be part of a cross disciplinary team consisting of delivery manager, product manager, user researcher, UX designer, content designer, technical architect and developers. What Specialists Work On As a developer within NOMS Digital Studio you will have strong skills in web development and be willing to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on one or more projects. You will provide technical leadership, working closely with delivery managers and the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. We expect you to be familiar with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps. Where the Work Takes Place Greenfield Hse, 32 Scotland St, Sheffield, S3 7DQ (with some time in London) Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements The role is Sheffield based, but there may be travel involved to other regions of the country including London. There is a £5000 limit on travel expenses: expenses will only be covered for meetings outside of Sheffield. Travel between Sheffield and the supplier’s location will not be covered. Work Location Greenfield Hse, 32 Scotland St, Sheffield, S3 7DQ (with some time in London) Security Clearance Basic Clearance required (disclosure scotland) Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Experience building server-side web applications and detailed knowledge of at least one programming language (we use a range of languages including ruby, python) detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS) Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code Understanding of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and systems for behaviour and performance An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience Experience working on technical projects within a team Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X Knowledge of the git version control system Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques Can submit candidate CV to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk by Midday Friday 23rd December Nice to Haves Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity Act as a “tech lead” on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems System administration and configuration management skills Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage Experience of working with JavaScript libraries to produce data visualisations Experience of designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria We challenge the status quo: we aim to understand the reason behind ‘the way things have always been done’ to see if there is a better way to do things We respect each other in our different opinions and are constructive in feedback The unit of delivery is the team - we have no individual heroes, the stars are the teams as whole entities We aren’t afraid of conflict: we surface tensions and conflict early, and address them promptly We believe empowered teams deliver the best products: those who are doing the work should and do have the greatest understanding of the work - so ask the team! We inspect and adapt regularly to continuously improve; learning from failure not blaming individuals Working product in the hands of users early and often Products degrade quickly, so we regularly iterate and improvement our products ongoing Collocating the people, skills and knowledge you need is the best way to deliver Measure progress by what value you deliver Keep focus on quality, making sure the whole team is aware of any debt taken on Keep it simple and do less, whether that for features in the product or the way you are delivering Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range