Senior Developer
NHS EnglandUnited Kingdom1 day ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
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NHS England is seeking experienced Senior Developers to join product teams across various areas of the organisation to play a key part in the delivery of critical services that have a national impact.
As a Senior Developer you will work on systems that improve healthcare for millions of people across the UK. These systems range from citizen facing web portals to internal back-end services and will typically feature complex application logic that requires robust, secure, quality-focussed development practices.
We have 2 roles available in Product and Platforms. Product and Platforms builds and operates citizen and clinician facing products, working closely with other business areas across the NHS. We enable a consistent approach to digital products, underpinning technology strategy, and digital transformation, supporting the best outcomes for health and care.
As a Senior Developer You Will
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We Lead The NHS In England By
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Blundell Job title: Consultant Systems Engineer Email address: [email protected]
As a Senior Developer you will work on systems that improve healthcare for millions of people across the UK. These systems range from citizen facing web portals to internal back-end services and will typically feature complex application logic that requires robust, secure, quality-focussed development practices.
We have 2 roles available in Product and Platforms. Product and Platforms builds and operates citizen and clinician facing products, working closely with other business areas across the NHS. We enable a consistent approach to digital products, underpinning technology strategy, and digital transformation, supporting the best outcomes for health and care.
- Our Central Engineering team in Products and Platforms builds and operates a set of products, tools, blueprints, and good practice guides to support Engineers, Developers, and Testers across Products and Platforms.
- NHS login provides patients and the public with a simple, secure and re-usable way to access multiple digital health and care services. It is used by many of NHS England's own patient-facing digital services, such as the NHS App, and also by many of our partners' apps and services.
As a Senior Developer You Will
- Develop software components across the front-end, back-end, and persistence layers
- Utilise appropriate design patterns to solve complex problems
- Implement robust development techniques such as unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
- Design and implement domain models, data schemas, and application architectures
- Design and implement user interfaces
- Create and present software designs
- Produce detailed technical documentation and runbooks
- Ensure seamless integration and deployment of code
- Play a central role in defining and refining product backlogs and estimating tasks
- Take part and leading team activities such as planning and retrospectives
- Contribute to cross-programme working groups
- Stay informed of emerging technologies and industry trends
- Development experience working on an application
- Experience working across different layers of the stack
- Implementing quality-focussed development practices
- Evidence using appropriate testing techniques
- Working within a team to deliver software in a collaborative way
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We Lead The NHS In England By
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Blundell Job title: Consultant Systems Engineer Email address: [email protected]
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