SOFTWARE ENGINEER (FULL STACK)

Contract: Permanent
Hybrid: 2-3 days per week on-site and remote
Location: Milton Keynes (client site)
Grade/Salary: E2-F1 – £54,619 to £65,544 depending on experience

SUMMARY

An exciting opportunity to join an experienced team with responsibility for elements of a significant public sector deployment of IT solutions and systems enabling bespoke software. Working at client sites and home as required supporting the development, integration, rollout, and support of complex solutions. The successful candidate will work alongside a diverse team consisting of customer representatives, solution architects, academia, and leading software development companies.

PROJECT

The Digital Sensitivity Review (DSR) service is an AI innovation led data toolset and service, developed by SVGC Ltd and being run in partnership with Government departments, for identifying sensitive information in digital files for redaction and archiving to The National Archive to meet the needs of the Public Records Act. Already delivered to at least three other Government departments with two further departments in feasibility phase, all major and minor government departments should (in time) become DSR-enabled. The DSR is a unique and leading-edge technology and has been heralded across government as “…the only game in town” when it comes to the needs of effective digital data sensitivity identification and redaction.

Responsibilities

Front-End Development

• Designing and implementing user interfaces (UI).
• Improving user experience (UX).

Back-End Development

• Creating APIs and services.
• Writing server-side logic using Java.
• Working with frameworks using SpringBoot.

Database Management

• Designing and maintaining relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) databases.
• Writing efficient queries and ensuring data integrity.

DevOps & Deployment

• Setting up CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Automating deployments and monitoring application performance.
• Reviewing peers’ code to ensure quality and maintainability.

Testing

• Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using tools such as Junit, Test
• Containers, Vitetest and StoryBook.

Documentation

• Creating and maintaining internal documentation for code and APIs.
• Working with product managers, designers, and other developers to deliver features.

Security

• Implementing authentication, authorization, and other security best practices.

THE PERSON – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• A graduate, likely to have a degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Informatics or similar or vocational experience or alternative qualifications.
• Experienced with different programming paradigms and languages covering full-stack technologies including web front end.
• Hands-on experience in Application Design.
• Experience in specifying, designing, building, and testing complex full-stack software solutions.
• Expertise in design & development of Application Programming Interface.
• Expertise in developing and employing onto a Windows and Linux environment.
• Good practical knowledge of relational database technologies – ideally PostgreSQL.
• Strong data skills and demonstrable analysis and analytical skills.
• Must have the ability to confidently and quickly problem solve by understanding what is happening, why and then correcting.
• Expertise in at least two back-end technologies, ideally Java & Python.
• Software virtualisation skills e.g., Docker.
  The willingness and ability to gain or currently holding UK Security Clearance (SC) as a minimum. This role is a Reserved role which requires the post-holder to have British Nationality and requires the successful candidate to undergo UK Security Clearance (SC). To be eligible, applicants are typically required to hold British nationality and have been resident in the UK for at least the last 5 consecutive years.
• Ability to easily commute to Milton Keynes and potentially other UK sites.
• The ability to work well and collaboratively as part of a small team where proactive communication is essential.

THE PERSON – DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• The ability to assist with architectural activities to establish, manage, and maintain client-centred software solutions, including both air-gapped and secure private cloud solutions for our portfolio of clients.
• Good exposure to Secure/DevOps and successful implementation of DevOps principles.
• Experience in Public Sector or Defence & Security.
• An ability to focus on the goals and overall intent rather than just individual tasks.
• Taking an active interest in expanding your own knowledge.

Changing and Improving

• Taking the initiative to suggest ideas for improvement of yours or others’ approaches in an appropriate way.
• Learning new procedures and seeking to exploit new technologies and helping colleagues to do the same.

Making Effective Decisions

• An ability to speak with relevant people in order to obtain the most accurate information and seek advice when unable to proceed.
• Monitor and store critical data securely and accurately, confidentially and responsibly.

Leading and Communicating

• Listen to, understand, respect and accept the value of different views, ideas and ways of working.
• Put forward your own ideas in a clear and constructive manner, choosing an appropriate communication method.

Collaborating and Partnering

• Readily identify opportunities to share knowledge, information and learning and make progress by working with others, and other organisations.

Building Capability for All

• Take responsibility for quality of your own work and seek opportunities for improvement through continuous improvement.
• Take account of the diverse contributions of team members.

Achieving Commercial Outcomes

• Recognise factors which contribute to achievement of commercial outcome and proactively support them.
• Gather and use evidence to assess the costs, benefits and risks of a range of delivery options.
• Understand that all actions have a cost and choose the most effective way to do something in a resource efficient way.
• Handle numbers confidently, collating information ensuring accuracy of data. In what context?

Managing a Quality Service

• Work with team to set priorities, create clear plans and manage own work to meet the needs of the delivery teams.
• Communicate in a way which meets and anticipates the customer’s requirements and promotes an effective view of SVGC.

SOME REASONS TO JOIN SVGC

• Opportunity to play a significant part within a small business that is growing.
• Support unique projects to learn, grow and excel, by learning on-the-job, learning from others and through formal learning.
• SVGC provides an active approach to professional development with a centrally funded budget. Coaching and mentoring are provided utilising the best experience across our collaborative partnership to provide a wide range of formal and informal accelerated development
• Professional qualifications and mentoring to help you steer your career in your chosen direction. Be at the heart of the digital revolution in globally important organisations.

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

• Discretionary company performance bonus scheme.
• Entitlement to join the company Medical Insurance scheme.
• Additional Health related benefits.

INTERESTED?

Submit your cv together with a covering letter outlining, in detail, how you meet the Essential Criteria and send to Judith Armatage no later than Friday 8th August 2025.

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