Senior QA Tester
DWP Digital - Birmingham, West Midlands
£44,447 to £44,447 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP Digital as a Senior QA Tester and play a vital role in modernising the Contact Centre platforms that underpin some of the UK's most important public services. Millions of people contact DWP contact centres each year. You'll lead quality assurance activities, champion test automation and help deliver resilient, user-focused solutions at scale. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Proven expertise in testing Contact Centre telephony platforms. Strong knowledge of telephony testing tools, techniques and methodologies. Demonstrable capability in delivering test automation within a Contact Centre environment. Strong understanding of maintaining traceability between requirements, tests and defects. Proven capability in planning and delivering non-functional testing, including performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility and operational acceptance testing. Ability to provide strategic testing leadership, shaping quality practices across product teams and the wider testing community. You and your role As a Senior QA Tester, you'll help shape and assure the quality of digital telephony services used by millions of citizens and thousands of colleagues across the UK. Working as part of an agile multidisciplinary team, you'll lead testing activities across complex Contact Centre platforms, defining test strategies, embedding best practice and ensuring quality across the delivery lifecycle. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and resilient services. Using a blend of manual testing, test automation, functional and non-functional testing, you'll help identify risks early, improve delivery confidence and support successful releases. You'll also play a key role in DWP Digital's wider testing community, providing technical leadership, promoting a shift-left approach to quality engineering and helping teams build scalable, high-performing digital services that make a real difference to people's lives. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £12,876 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Senior QA Tester
DWP Digital - Leeds, West Yorkshire
£44,447 to £44,447 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP Digital as a Senior QA Tester and play a vital role in modernising the Contact Centre platforms that underpin some of the UK's most important public services. Millions of people contact DWP contact centres each year. You'll lead quality assurance activities, champion test automation and help deliver resilient, user-focused solutions at scale. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Proven expertise in testing Contact Centre telephony platforms. Strong knowledge of telephony testing tools, techniques and methodologies. Demonstrable capability in delivering test automation within a Contact Centre environment. Strong understanding of maintaining traceability between requirements, tests and defects. Proven capability in planning and delivering non-functional testing, including performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility and operational acceptance testing. Ability to provide strategic testing leadership, shaping quality practices across product teams and the wider testing community. You and your role As a Senior QA Tester, you'll help shape and assure the quality of digital telephony services used by millions of citizens and thousands of colleagues across the UK. Working as part of an agile multidisciplinary team, you'll lead testing activities across complex Contact Centre platforms, defining test strategies, embedding best practice and ensuring quality across the delivery lifecycle. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and resilient services. Using a blend of manual testing, test automation, functional and non-functional testing, you'll help identify risks early, improve delivery confidence and support successful releases. You'll also play a key role in DWP Digital's wider testing community, providing technical leadership, promoting a shift-left approach to quality engineering and helping teams build scalable, high-performing digital services that make a real difference to people's lives. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £12,876 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Senior QA Tester
DWP Digital - Blackpool, Lancashire
£44,447 to £44,447 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP Digital as a Senior QA Tester and play a vital role in modernising the Contact Centre platforms that underpin some of the UK's most important public services. Millions of people contact DWP contact centres each year. You'll lead quality assurance activities, champion test automation and help deliver resilient, user-focused solutions at scale. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Proven expertise in testing Contact Centre telephony platforms. Strong knowledge of telephony testing tools, techniques and methodologies. Demonstrable capability in delivering test automation within a Contact Centre environment. Strong understanding of maintaining traceability between requirements, tests and defects. Proven capability in planning and delivering non-functional testing, including performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility and operational acceptance testing. Ability to provide strategic testing leadership, shaping quality practices across product teams and the wider testing community. You and your role As a Senior QA Tester, you'll help shape and assure the quality of digital telephony services used by millions of citizens and thousands of colleagues across the UK. Working as part of an agile multidisciplinary team, you'll lead testing activities across complex Contact Centre platforms, defining test strategies, embedding best practice and ensuring quality across the delivery lifecycle. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and resilient services. Using a blend of manual testing, test automation, functional and non-functional testing, you'll help identify risks early, improve delivery confidence and support successful releases. You'll also play a key role in DWP Digital's wider testing community, providing technical leadership, promoting a shift-left approach to quality engineering and helping teams build scalable, high-performing digital services that make a real difference to people's lives. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £12,876 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Senior QA Tester
DWP Digital - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
£44,447 to £44,447 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP Digital as a Senior QA Tester and play a vital role in modernising the Contact Centre platforms that underpin some of the UK's most important public services. Millions of people contact DWP contact centres each year. You'll lead quality assurance activities, champion test automation and help deliver resilient, user-focused solutions at scale. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Proven expertise in testing Contact Centre telephony platforms. Strong knowledge of telephony testing tools, techniques and methodologies. Demonstrable capability in delivering test automation within a Contact Centre environment. Strong understanding of maintaining traceability between requirements, tests and defects. Proven capability in planning and delivering non-functional testing, including performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility and operational acceptance testing. Ability to provide strategic testing leadership, shaping quality practices across product teams and the wider testing community. You and your role As a Senior QA Tester, you'll help shape and assure the quality of digital telephony services used by millions of citizens and thousands of colleagues across the UK. Working as part of an agile multidisciplinary team, you'll lead testing activities across complex Contact Centre platforms, defining test strategies, embedding best practice and ensuring quality across the delivery lifecycle. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and resilient services. Using a blend of manual testing, test automation, functional and non-functional testing, you'll help identify risks early, improve delivery confidence and support successful releases. You'll also play a key role in DWP Digital's wider testing community, providing technical leadership, promoting a shift-left approach to quality engineering and helping teams build scalable, high-performing digital services that make a real difference to people's lives. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £12,876 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Senior QA Tester
DWP Digital - Manchester, Greater Manchester
£44,447 to £44,447 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP Digital as a Senior QA Tester and play a vital role in modernising the Contact Centre platforms that underpin some of the UK's most important public services. Millions of people contact DWP contact centres each year. You'll lead quality assurance activities, champion test automation and help deliver resilient, user-focused solutions at scale. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Proven expertise in testing Contact Centre telephony platforms. Strong knowledge of telephony testing tools, techniques and methodologies. Demonstrable capability in delivering test automation within a Contact Centre environment. Strong understanding of maintaining traceability between requirements, tests and defects. Proven capability in planning and delivering non-functional testing, including performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility and operational acceptance testing. Ability to provide strategic testing leadership, shaping quality practices across product teams and the wider testing community. You and your role As a Senior QA Tester, you'll help shape and assure the quality of digital telephony services used by millions of citizens and thousands of colleagues across the UK. Working as part of an agile multidisciplinary team, you'll lead testing activities across complex Contact Centre platforms, defining test strategies, embedding best practice and ensuring quality across the delivery lifecycle. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and resilient services. Using a blend of manual testing, test automation, functional and non-functional testing, you'll help identify risks early, improve delivery confidence and support successful releases. You'll also play a key role in DWP Digital's wider testing community, providing technical leadership, promoting a shift-left approach to quality engineering and helping teams build scalable, high-performing digital services that make a real difference to people's lives. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £12,876 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Java Software Engineer
DWP Digital - Leeds, West Yorkshire
£44,447 to £59,813 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build secure, scalable digital services that support millions of people across the UK. Working with modern technologies and talented multidisciplinary teams, you'll develop solutions that make a real difference to people's lives every day. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Knowledge and experience of developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures. Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure. A strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB. Experience building and maintaining robust automated test suites that support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Proven experience developing and supporting large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies. You and your role As a Java Software Engineer, you'll build and support digital services that are used by millions of citizens across the UK. Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll help design, develop and maintain software products that work better for our users and help transform public services. You'll collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to develop secure, resilient and scalable applications using modern technologies including Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Python and CI/CD pipelines. You'll also be an important role of DWP's thriving engineering community, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and helping teams deliver high-quality software that meets the needs of millions of users. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £59,813. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £13,266 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just three stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Coding Test: Complete a remote coding assessment. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Java Software Engineer
DWP Digital - Sheffield, South Yorkshire
£44,447 to £59,813 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build secure, scalable digital services that support millions of people across the UK. Working with modern technologies and talented multidisciplinary teams, you'll develop solutions that make a real difference to people's lives every day. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Knowledge and experience of developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures. Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure. A strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB. Experience building and maintaining robust automated test suites that support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Proven experience developing and supporting large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies. You and your role As a Java Software Engineer, you'll build and support digital services that are used by millions of citizens across the UK. Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll help design, develop and maintain software products that work better for our users and help transform public services. You'll collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to develop secure, resilient and scalable applications using modern technologies including Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Python and CI/CD pipelines. You'll also be an important role of DWP's thriving engineering community, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and helping teams deliver high-quality software that meets the needs of millions of users. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £59,813. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £13,266 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just three stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Coding Test: Complete a remote coding assessment. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Java Software Engineer
DWP Digital - Manchester, Greater Manchester
£44,447 to £59,813 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build secure, scalable digital services that support millions of people across the UK. Working with modern technologies and talented multidisciplinary teams, you'll develop solutions that make a real difference to people's lives every day. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Knowledge and experience of developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures. Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure. A strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB. Experience building and maintaining robust automated test suites that support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Proven experience developing and supporting large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies. You and your role As a Java Software Engineer, you'll build and support digital services that are used by millions of citizens across the UK. Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll help design, develop and maintain software products that work better for our users and help transform public services. You'll collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to develop secure, resilient and scalable applications using modern technologies including Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Python and CI/CD pipelines. You'll also be an important role of DWP's thriving engineering community, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and helping teams deliver high-quality software that meets the needs of millions of users. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £59,813. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £13,266 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just three stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Coding Test: Complete a remote coding assessment. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Java Software Engineer
DWP Digital - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
£44,447 to £59,813 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build secure, scalable digital services that support millions of people across the UK. Working with modern technologies and talented multidisciplinary teams, you'll develop solutions that make a real difference to people's lives every day. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Knowledge and experience of developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures. Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure. A strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB. Experience building and maintaining robust automated test suites that support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Proven experience developing and supporting large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies. You and your role As a Java Software Engineer, you'll build and support digital services that are used by millions of citizens across the UK. Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll help design, develop and maintain software products that work better for our users and help transform public services. You'll collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to develop secure, resilient and scalable applications using modern technologies including Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Python and CI/CD pipelines. You'll also be an important role of DWP's thriving engineering community, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and helping teams deliver high-quality software that meets the needs of millions of users. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of £59,813. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £13,266 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 (rising to 31 days over time). You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just three stages: Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Coding Test: Complete a remote coding assessment. Interview: A single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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Operational Management Information Developer
DWP Digital - Birmingham, West Midlands
£38,772 to £45,065 a year
PermanentFull time
DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP's Digital Transformation Group and use data, insight and analysis to help improve services, influence decision making and support millions of customers across the UK. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and analyse complex operational data. Proven leadership skills with the ability to collaborate, influence stakeholders and drive positive outcomes through data-led insight. Experience leading change and service improvement, taking projects from concept to delivery while influencing others to achieve objectives. Strong decision-making skills with the ability to interpret complex data, apply sound judgement and make evidence-based recommendations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting complex findings and recommendations to senior leaders. Experience using SQL or similar data manipulation tools, version control such as Git, and Power BI or similar visualisation software. You and your role As an Operational Management Information Developer, you will play a key role in using data and insight to help shape services that support millions of customers across the UK. You'll work in our Working Age Data and Performance Team - at the heart of DWP's Digital Transformation Group - providing analysis and performance reporting that drive continuous improvement across Working Age services. You'll develop high-quality management information, dashboards and analytical products using tools such as Power BI and SQL, transforming complex data into meaningful insights that support operational and strategic decision making. By combining data from multiple sources, you'll identify trends, measure performance and uncover opportunities to improve service delivery across Universal Credit and Labour Market services. You'll work with operational colleagues, digital teams and senior stakeholders, including Directors and Ministers, and influence decisions through evidence-based analysis. You'll lead analytical projects and communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-profile team where your work will directly contribute to improving customer outcomes, increasing efficiency and supporting strategic priorities across the Department. Details. Wages. Perks. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%). Pay: We offer competitive pay for this role of up to £45,065. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £11,232 per year. Holidays: A leave package starting at 24 days rising to 26 days after one year and 31 days over time. You can take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Time off volunteering and charitable giving Be your authentic self at work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket Professional development and career progression opportunities And we have an award-winning environment and culture: 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Interview: A single stage interview online.
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