Software Developer - C#, Java or Python - United Kingdom Hydrographic Office｜Meet.jobs

Location: Taunton/Hybrid
Salary: £26,737 - £35,338 plus additional monthly allowance (dependent of skills and experience)
Pension scheme: 27% annually
Hours: Full time, part time, flexible
Contract: Permanent

Being a Software Developer at the UK Hydrographic Office offers unrivalled opportunities to craft and master your development skills across a wide range of projects of national and international importance. Working either in our award-winning offices or remotely, you will be part of an agile development team deploying solutions using a wide range of technologies and software tools.

About the UKHO

UKHO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. We work with a wide range of data suppliers and partners, surveying and charting the world's oceans in order to develop and serve world leading software and data solutions to commercial shipping companies, navies and maritime organisations. Our products ensure safe navigation and global trade efficiency and support other marine activities including economic development, environmental protection, resource exploration and utilisation, scientific research and security and defence.

The role

You'll be joining a software development practice of around 50 developers.  We're proud that we've created this group by recruiting junior people who share a commitment to professional development and watched them grow with us. Right now, we have people pursuing certification in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and Security; we have others on management training courses; we even have people on Masters Degree programmes. We have also welcomed people returning to their chosen career after a career break.

Developers are responsible for designing and crafting software solutions, including unit testing and pair programming. Quality is paramount.? Collaboration is key and you and your team will be supported to do good work.? Most?code?is done in pairs or larger?groups to ensure quality and spread knowledge.? Everyone reviews code and everyone welcomes feedback.?

What we are looking for

Our teams use programming languages, software and technologies depending on the business area they are working in. We expect that you will have experience using some (but not necessarily all) of the following technologies and will be open to learning others. 

C# .Net, Java, Python, JavaScript, Terraform, SQL, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, Angular

Please ensure if you have any of the above tech stack, that your CV provides full details to reflect the experience you have. 

Your CV should be tailored and clearly demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the technologies stated above.

In return

UKHO is a great place in which to explore your career potential. While our projects are career-defining, the work/life balance that we can offer you is equally exceptional. From flexitime, flexible working, an award-winning office environment and a generous annual leave allowance of 34.5 days including public holidays, the opportunities open to you here are hard to beat.

We offer a great work / life balance.? Peoples' start and end times are built around their own preferences and around a 10am - 2pm team time, where the team is focussed on building things (no meetings!).? We're all set up for?working from?home and encourage people to make use of this if they prefer.? We are committed to providing part time options and reasonable accommodations and will work with you to meet your needs.

For a full job description, including the assessment criteria, please click the apply button to be taken to our website.

Please note we want to ensure that we can appoint Software Developers as quickly as possible throughout this campaign. Therefore, although the campaign runs for four weeks in total, we will be looking at applications and interviewing on a weekly basis throughout this time. We would encourage you to submit your application to us as soon as possible to secure an interview and decision quickly.