WP1332 Developer for Personal Data Exchange

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Who Speclialist Work With This will be the first developer for the team which is currently made up of a Product Manager, Delivery Manager, User Researcher, Business Analyst, along with shared content designers and technical architect . What Specialists Work On Prototyping and building the various components involved in Eligibility Assessments (personal data queries between departments), and the interfaces between them. Currently assumed to include: Data Provider API, Client API, Consent Service, API Translation, Rules Processing. This work involves a small amount of front-end work, but mostly systems software engineering with a focus on APIs, security and identity. Key deliverables include advising and informing requirements and the implications of different possible technical approaches for the general platform. Where the Work Takes Place Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2 6NH and from May: The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street E1 with further supplier locations to be agreed between both parties. Early Market Engagement None Working Arrangements The individual will be based 5 days a week onsite and comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary team and to agile methodologies. Onsite presence is essential as the individual will be brainstorming with service designers, researchers and our technical architect and London Local Authorities. Work Location Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2 6NH and from May: The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street E1 with further supplier locations to be agreed between both parties. Security Clearance Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience The candidate must have at least 5 years experience in Python Experience in software development and have proven experience in building API services, authentication, authorisation, identity, integrating with databases and matching Experience in Building prototypes and iterating Experience in working with stakeholders to understand requirements and possibilities and help inform non-technical team members (with the support of a tech arch) Understanding of data, databases, data privacy and data security Experience writing infrastructure software and daemons as well as end-user software Understanding of software design principles and distributed systems techniques Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques Experience of using testing to validate solutions Understanding of agile environments and version control An awareness of technologies used for web applications, e.g databases, backups, CDNs and search, and of Unix-like operating systems, eg Linux and/or Mac OS Must be familiar in using a green field codebase (building from scratch) as well as integrating with potentially legacy systems Nice to Haves a systematic approach to solving problems No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams using agile management methods Good communicator Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £500 day rate