Java Software Engineer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£44,447 to £59,813 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	NE98 1YX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	25 Oct 2026

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Summary

Are you an experienced Java Engineer looking for the next challenge?

Would you like to join our Software Engineer team to help Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) modernise the way it delivers public services?

We’re looking for outstanding Software Engineers, who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. Be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.

Our Engineers will build and run applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams. What really excites the successful candidate is problem-solving and the opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for users. The candidate will be expected to draw value from collaboration with others, actively seek input from colleagues and value a multidisciplinary team over hierarchy.

You will be working as a Java Engineer within DWP’s Debt Services unit.

We are delivering strategic, greenfield programmes to build modern, cloud-first Debt Management and Compensation Recovery systems that recover approximately £3 billion per annum while protecting the most vulnerable in our society.  Our full-stack digital products include user-interfaces, APIs, integration platforms, primarily using Azure Cloud, Java, Spring Boot, Azure Service Bus, Postgres, MongoDB and Node.JS (user-interfaces).

If this sounds like you, apply today!

As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizen and organisation facing services and contribute towards their design. You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products.

Our Software Engineers are skilled practitioners and role models for software craft within DWP.

In this role, you will:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, in collaboration with architects and engineers, to design software products that make up services used by millions of people.
Be building robust and accessible User Interfaces (UIs) that work for as many users as possible, regardless of their needs.
Be building and consuming APIs, with a focus on an API first design approach, and event-driven programming.
Be monitoring system robustness, resilience and stability.
Collaborating with other areas to help build comprehensive suites of automated tests to improve product quality.
Participating directly in agile ceremonies and contributing ideas.
Help make sure we follow best practice and will guide our teams on how to deliver quality software products.
Help design and support the strategies for building reusable libraries and services.
Support Software Engineering teams providing technical leadership and guidance.
Contribute to setting strategic direction for product team and the wider Software Engineering community.

Please note: Occasional travel between the Digital hubs for business purposes will be required.

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