Senior Ruby Software Developer (Ref:91336)
Ministry of Justice
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 27th October 2024
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National: £54,358 - £69,150 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,792)
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Senior Ruby Software Developer
Location: National*
Closing Date: 27th October
Interviews: w/c 11th November
Grade: G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs on the bottom):
London: £58,847 - £73,875 (which may include an allowance of up to £15,028)
National: £54,358 - £69,150 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,792)
Working pattern: Full time, Part time, Flexible working
Contract Type: Perm
Vacancy number: 91336
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Senior Ruby Software Developer here at Justice Digital, to be part of one of our warm and collaborative teams.
This role aligns against the Senior developer role from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
You’ll be confident working with other developers on our tech stack and comfortable learning new technologies and systems. We use a variety of different technologies and will work with you to place you in a team that matches your skills, interests and aspirations wherever possible.
As an example, you could be:
Reducing reoffending rates by improving the scheduling of prison visits in our Prisons team
Enhancing colleague visibility across justice by developing new features for the MoJ People Finder application
Building a no-code platform for publishing government forms and services to the internet in the MoJ Forms team
Maintaining transparency of government by managing freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions in our Central Digital team
You will work with user researchers, product managers, designers, delivery managers, technical architects and content specialists who share a vision for improving government through smarter use of technology.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.
Our Tech Stack
We use a range of technologies and we’re looking for people who specialise in one or more of them and who love learning new languages and frameworks.
For example, we might use Ruby, NodeJS, to write our application code, Circle CI or GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Sentry for application monitoring, Kubernetes and Docker to schedule and run our services (read about our Cloud Platform), AWS for most of our infrastructure, GOV.UK Design System for our web interfaces and use Macbook Pros.
For front-end development, we value a robust understanding of the underlying web technologies. We value well-maintained, open-source tools that can be used to produce semantic HTML, performant CSS and unobtrusive JavaScript or TypeScript, and we assess all our services against accessibility criteria.
We’re happy to help you learn our tech stack once you’re part of our team, and do not require an exact match in your experience of languages. Check out GitHub for a closer look at the technologies we use, and a complete list of services that we build and maintain. We subscribe to the manifesto for agile software development.
Our Community
We currently have over 200-250 experienced developers who make up the engineering community across the MoJ. You will coach and mentor junior colleagues and take part in informal support networks with your peers. You will be encouraged to play an active role in the engineering community and culture.
We take the responsibility of supportive and effective line management very seriously. We will value the skills you bring to the civil service and help you to build on them. When the time is right we will support moving between teams or government departments to learn different technologies or take on more responsibility, according to your career goals.
Take a look at our developer blog and Justice Digital blog to get a sense of our work and culture.
Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Developer at the MoJ, you will have technical and people responsibilities.
Technical:
Securely designing, building and maintaining APIs, services and systems
Working on pre-existing codebases
Improving the resilience and stability of software
Applying practices to enable continuous delivery
People:
Developing and influencing people via line management duties, informal and formal coaching, and mentoring
Supporting lead developers in building high-performing teams
Helping to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
You will:
Apply modern development and deployment techniques to your work, including continuous integration and continuous delivery
Champion software maintenance, clean code, coding standards and practices that make change and consistency easier
Write automated tests to continuously validate your work
Thrive when you work as part of a team that abides by the spirit of the manifesto of agile software development
Have awareness of technologies used for web applications, e.g databases, microservices, backups, CDNs and search, DevOps and Unix-like operating systems
Enjoy sharing knowledge and working in a multi-disciplinary team
Hold yourself and others to a high standard
Solve problems in a systematic way
You’ll value:
Continuous learning and development
Being inclusive, supportive, inquisitive and responsible (MoJ D&T core values)
Working with integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality (Civil Service core values)
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.
The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining and investing in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Person specification
Benefits
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
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Selection process details
How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and a Statement of Suitability (up to 750 words) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Making Effective Decisions
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 60-minute panel interview held via video conference. A small technical test will need to be completed in advance, as it will be discussed and developed during the interview.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on recent experience as a Developer will be conducted prior to the sift.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for, but have demonstrated the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you the position without the need for a further application.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
- Telephone : 0845 241 5359
Recruitment team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
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