Senior Developer - Buying for Schools Digital Platform

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Who Speclialist Work With You will be joining an existing multi-disciplinary team consisting of delivery manager, product manager, user researcher, interaction designer, content designer and a technical architect What Specialists Work On As a developer on this project you will be working on building a system aimed at staff in schools. You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary user-focused digital delivery team, within a wider programme of work across the schools commercial team. You will work closely with the technical architect and other team members to design and develop a simple and sustainable service, including considerations for operability. 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 Department for Education, 2 St Pauls Place, Sheffield, S1 2FJ Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements Ideally co-located with the team in Sheffield but consideration will be given to remote working. Occasional travel to other DfE sites may be required. We will operate using agile methodology including daily stand ups, sprint planning, sprints, retrospectives and show and tells. Face to face attendance at all Show and Tells is expected. Work Location Department for Education, 2 St Pauls Place, Sheffield, S1 2FJ Security Clearance BPSS (Baseline Security Level) Additional T&Cs The framework operates on a statement of work (SOW), if the final SOW for Private Beta is complete, and a decision is taken not to proceed to Public Beta, the contract can be terminated. Additional contractual clauses expected include: GDPR, Departmental Security Standards (for departmental data) & clauses on issued property and use of premises. Skills & Experience Experience building server-side web applications and detailed knowledge of at least one programming language Experience of using NodeJS to build and run production systems Detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS) Ability to develop efficient and clear code and systems 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 an agile team Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X Knowledge of the git version control system Familiarity with DevOps and continuous iterative delivery principles Demonstrable experience in using and configuring continuous integration systems Nice to Haves Experience building services to the Digital Service Standard Experience in progressing a service from alpha into private beta Experience acting 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 Systems administration and configuration management skills Experience running a production service, including setting up appropriate monitoring and alerting Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design Experience with testing and improving the accessibility of services Experience of using GitHub and/or working in the open Experience of deploying applications to run on Platform as a Service offerings Experience with Microsoft Azure Experience with Continuous Integration as a Service platforms No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Work with third parties to take Alpha designs and move them into developed Beta's Integrate successfully into an existing Agile team with existing working practices Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Share knowledge and experience with other team members Challenge the status quo Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers Budget range