23724 - Senior Full Stack Developer - Justice Redact


Company:	Ministry of Justice
Salary:	£58,511 to £70,725 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	National, NP10 8FZ
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 4 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Nov 2026

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Summary

Senior Full Stack Developer - Justice Redact

Location: National*

Closing Date: 15th November

Interviews: 2/3/4 December

Grade: 7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary (for more details, please read further down) **:

London: £63,343 - £73,875 (may include an allowance of up to £10,532)

National: £58,511 - £69,150 (may include an allowance of up to £10,639)

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

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 1

Vacancy number: 23724

*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

Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Full Stack Developer here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Justice Redact team. You will help us roll out a new service that will improve how personal and sensitive information is redacted from Offender Subject Access Requests (OSARs).

This role aligns against the Senior Developer role from the Government Digital and Data Framework

OSARs are one of the Ministry of Justice’s largest sources of personal data requests. The vetting staff who process these requests currently use a range of tools and processes to identify and redact personal and sensitive information from documents. We are developing an AI-assisted service to help them do this work more quickly, accurately and consistently, while keeping human oversight at the centre of the process.

You’ll join the Justice Redact team at an exciting stage of the service’s development. The product has been through Alpha and is moving towards Private Beta and wider operational use. You’ll help us strengthen, improve and scale the service based on feedback from the people who use it.

How to Apply

In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience, Technical skills and Behaviours during the assessment process.

Stage 1 - Application and sift:

To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:

• A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.

• A Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following three criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.

• Delivering complex software – demonstrate proven experience of delivering a complex software solution into production, including your contribution to the design, development, testing and deployment of the service.

• Full-stack engineering and technical practice – demonstrate experience of developing and maintaining software across the back end and web front end, including automated testing, APIs and modern continuous integration and delivery practices.

• Collaborative problem solving – demonstrate how you have worked with a multidisciplinary team to understand a complex problem, make technical decisions and deliver a pragmatic solution, particularly where requirements or the problem was not fully defined.

A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on “delivering complex software - demonstrate proven experience of delivering a complex software solution into production, including your contribution to the design, development, testing and deployment of the service”.

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance

Stage 2 - Interviews:

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours:

• Making effective decisions

• Working together

• Communicating and influencing

As part of your interview, you will be asked to prepare and deliver a short presentation that assesses your technical capability. Further details will be provided if successful at sift, but it will be based on the following scenario:

Scenario

Justice Redact is being rolled out to more OSAR staff. The service uses AI to identify potential personal and sensitive information in documents and presents suggested redactions to operational users for review.

The service is currently moving from Beta towards Live. As usage increases, the team need to ensure that the service is robust, scalable, secure, accessible and maintainable.

You have been asked to consider how you would approach the next stage of development and identify the technical priorities you would address.

Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the technical assessment score will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

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