Software Engineer

Would you like the opportunity to work with the latest technologies reaching 50 million users? the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Inspire People are partnering together to bring you an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer with some experience in either Back End, Front End development and a passion for coding to join a team at the forefront of digital services. As a Software Engineer at DVLA, you will be an integral part of the applications team developing modern, cloud based software at scale. £37,733 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and over 28% employer pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea, a great place to work, live and play, with a healthy work-life balance on how and where you work.

DVLA deliver wide reaching digital services to the UK public and industry. They maintain the national record of vehicles and drivers so if you have applied for a driving licence, taxed your vehicle or completed a vehicle enquiry you would have used one of our services. As a Software Developer you will help build services that reach over 49 million people a year, working in an agile delivery team alongside lead and senior engineers to build modern, cloud-based services.

Current deliveries include:

* Two major programmes of work, modernising our drivers and vehicles services and systems.

* Entirely new services including a new customer portal, mobile digital driving licence and identity platform

* The DVLA digital payment service that helps us collect around 6 billion pounds a year.

* New versions of key driving licence services that will help us to reduce paper forms, reduce waiting times and to enable all of our customers to transact digitally.

As part of DVLA's core business services, you will work with Java and SpringBoot alongside tools like OpenAPI. No specific Java experience is needed. All you need is a passion for building clean, maintainable, and secure applications using an object-oriented language.

If you're working on the Front End, you'll be developing applications and reusable components using a combination of Ruby on Rails and React. You will also have the opportunity to build and develop our external and internal UIs, so this is an exciting opportunity to deliver far reaching, intuitive and accessible Front End systems.

DVLA also make extensive use of serverless Node.js and TypeScript using AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions and Dynamodb to build services using event-driven architecture patterns.

Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA? If so, DVLA are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 at 12:30pm. Follow the Apply link for instructions to book on.

Responsibilities of the Software Engineer include:

• Develop software to meet user needs
• Follow Best Practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines
• Some testing responsibilities
• Work closely with business analysts and agile delivery managers to prepare and review user stories and tasks

Essential Skills and Experience as a Software Engineer:

• Experience working on one or more commercial, software delivery projects
• Experience in one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript or Python
• A passion to work on enterprise-level, cloud projects.

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £37,733 (which includes a non-pensionable Recruitment and Retention Allowance of £3,500), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £9,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• DVLA pride themselves on how they approach your development. From training courses to specialist skills workshops and opportunities to grow your expertise.
• Best in class learning and development tailored to your role (desired accreditations expensed plus training days)
• An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues
• Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme
• Digital communities with clear career frameworks
• On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies)
• On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 1 extra day for the King's birthday
• Free parking
• A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual needs

Further Information:

• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.
• DVLA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

If you have some experience in Software Development looking to develop your skills and work with the latest technologies on large-scale software delivery projects, then contact Keesha Paulsen at Inspire People, or apply today.