We are looking for talented software developers to join us at Companies House.

Companies House is a place of digital innovation where you will work using modern languages such as NodeJs and Java. We are also a team who adopt agile practices, try new technologies and work flexibly to suit every individual.

These roles are instrumental for us to deliver on our goals as an organisation. You would be key in leading our Software Developers, providing coaching and mentoring to them and delivering at pace.

Job description

What you will be doing…

• You will lead a team of 4 talented Software Developers working in a cross functional Scrum team. This will involve providing coaching and support to upskill their technical capabilities and ensuring your team design efficient and maintainable solutions.
• You will work with the developer community to define and document technical standards
• You will communicate between the product owners and developers to ensure key deliverables are achieved and understood by both parties.
• You will help the development teams maximise their automated test coverage

The team you will be joining...

You will be joining a passionate team of Developers with varying levels of technical abilities. There are 8 other experienced Lead Developers within Companies House who lead 12 Agile software development teams between them, so you will be surrounded by a team of experts who will fully support you.

You would also work closely with the architects and the platform team who are helping us get our development pipeline automated using Concourse CI, SonarQube, AWS, Terraform and Artifactory. We are also moving to use Docker containers is ECS.

This is an exciting time to join us as we consistently evolve our own technical capabilities and ways of working to make the work, we do in Companies House more efficient and easier to use for our customers.

We are currently working towards:
- Many releases per day automatically into production
- Automated test coverage for everything from accessibility to security and performance
- Be constantly innovating and running iterations of our services to meet and exceed user needs
- Ensure we are meeting the needs of our users by ensuring we have diversity in thought and ideas

So, if you are looking for a place where you can focus on your own development as well as support others to succeed and perform at their best, then this is the role for you.

We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Remote contracts will only be offered to successful candidates who are not a commutable distance to our Cardiff, Belfast or Edinburgh offices. If you are located in a reasonable distance to one our offices, you will receive a hybrid contract aligned to one of our offices. 

Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect people to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager.

Person specification

To be successful in this role…

We are looking for experienced and talented software developers who are competent in the following:

• Good coding skills and programming tools, frameworks and techniques knowledge in Java, JavaScript/Node

• Mentoring experience or can demonstrate leadership capabilities

• Understanding and experience of using agile techniques/methodologies

• Understanding of full stack web technologies, including use of relational and noSQL databases

• Application of good working practices such as test-driven and behaviour-driven development (TDD/BDD), pair programming, version control/branching strategies, and application of design patterns

• Excellent communication skills where you can translate technical jargon into simple, clear descriptions so understanding is achieved