Senior Software Developer/Engineer

HM Land Registry
Details
Reference number
292820

Salary
£39,463 – £49,756

Job grade
Higher Executive Officer
Senior Executive Officer

Contract type
Permanent

Business area
HMLR – Digital, Data and Technology

Type of role
Digital
Information Technology

Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available
11

Contents

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
Apply and further information

Location

Birkenhead, North West England, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 3BH : Durham, North East England, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West England, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West England, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands (England), NG1 7AU : Peterborough, East of England, PE1 1QF : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Warton, North West England, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4LR

About the job

Job summary
We are looking for talented Software Developers/Engineers to join our Technology and Digital Services directorate. You will join around 150 passionate technologists that comprise HMLR’s Software Development Practice which is responsible for the development and maintenance of the critical software that powers both our internal systems and externally-facing services.

Job description
We are recruiting Software Development roles at HEO and SEO grades:
As a SEO Senior Software Engineer, you are the lead developer in a multidisciplinary agile delivery team. You are expected to provide expert technical direction to the team, balancing business requirements against essential maintenance activities and long-term technical strategy. You are a hands-on developer, who exemplifies best practice and promotes a culture of continuous improvement within your team and the wider Software Development Practice.
As a HEO Senior Software Developer, you work as part of a multidisciplinary agile delivery team. You are expected to provide insight and technical expertise, support the Senior Software Engineer in their role, and coach/mentor the wider team on day-to-day development activities. You are a hands-on developer, who exemplifies best practice and promotes a culture of continuous improvement within your team and the wider Software Development Practice.

Person specification
All roles require that you hold a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (Degree Level or equivalent) or equivalent experience in an IT field.
In addition, you will have experience working as a software developer in an agile environment, building distributed web applications or Windows client/server applications using Java, Python, Delphi or PL/1 programming languages.
For the complete list of essential criteria and further information about the roles, please see the attached candidate pack.
HMLR believes that a blended (or hybrid) approach to where you work, with some time in the office and some time at home. This means you will have some input and choice about how and when you will work on site versus from home.

For more information about what it’s like to work here please see the following links:

Building our digital capability through Communities of Practice

Working for HM Land Registry/

Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

Please click here for further information on our rewards package:

Things you need to know

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

We want to keep this process as easy as possible for you so just upload an anonymised CV to include your qualifications, career history, technical skills and experience when prompted. We ask that you do not include any personal details.

We will review your CV as soon as possible, and if you meet the criteria you will be invited to attend a virtual interview which will be held through MS Teams.
Please note that in the event of a high number of applications, we will be using the following lead criteria for each role:

Advanced knowledge of Java, Python, Delphi or PL/1 programming languages.
Significant experience working as a software developer in an agile environment.
Significant experience building distributed web applications or client/server applications.

Please tell us which grade you are applying for on the application form. If you apply for the SEO role we may consider you for the HEO role and invite you to interview accordingly.
The interview stage of the process will test the experience and technical criteria listed in the candidate pack (see slides 4 and 5) including the behaviours and any strengths associated with the role.
The behaviours for the HEO role are:

Working Together
Developing Self and Others

The behaviours for the SEO role are:

Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Developing Self and Others

The best way to prepare for strength questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working:
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

If you would like further information about the use of your personal data, please click on the link below:
Job Applicant Personal Information

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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