Description
Job Title: Developer - Interim/Contractor
Location: Bristol, London, Manchester
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Rate: £450- £500
Contract length: 6 months
Deliverables
build RESTful web services to serve a variety of citizen and government needs, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce
implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
build automated tests to support our continuous deployment environment
Skills
share knowledge of tools and techniques with your wider team, both developers and non-developers
act as a digital ambassador across government, supporting recruitment, identifying good practices for GDS to adopt and sharing experiences, eg through blog posts, tech talks at conferences etc
support the live operation of the services we run, and participate in out-of-hours support rotas where necessary - you'll be paid an allowance, and a further hourly payment, for any duties you perform when on call
be involved in helping recruit developers and where appropriate, helping sift and interview
have experience in Back End development with detailed knowledge of either Ruby, Java, Python or Node.js
have a good understanding of distributed version control (we use git)
understand software design principles
research and learn new programming tools and techniques
take a systematic approach to solving problems
have experience of using automated testing and test driven development to validate solutions
understand agile environments and version control
have a basic understanding about web security and accessibility
have an awareness of technologies used for web applications, eg databases, backups, CDNs and search, and of Unix-like operating systems, eg Linux and/or Mac OS
have experience working on, or with web technologies
are familiar with working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps
Certes Computing (and all of its subsidiary companies) is committed to promoting equality and diversity in its business operations.