Research Excellence Framework Lead Developer

3 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Research England Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Developer to lead and shape the design, development, and delivery of the UK's next research assessment exercise. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for delivering a robust, accessible, and performant suite of systems to support the exercise over the next 5 years.

Key Responsibilities
  • Development process optimisation: Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions.
  • Stakeholder Management: Mediate between senior stakeholders and build relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Programming and build: Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance.
  • Availability and capacity management: Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
  • Information security: Design solutions and services with security controls embedded.
  • Prototyping: Approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others.
  • Systems design: Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity.
  • Systems integration: Define the integration build.
  • User Focus: Collaborate with user researchers and sell or represent users internally.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Extensive experience of Agile software development and working in SCRUM teams.
  • Extensive experience of developing with NodeJS, TypeScript, NextJS, React.
  • Demonstrable experience designing, coding and debugging secure systems including NodeJS/express, RESTful APIs, React.
  • Excellent skills in web front end technologies and methodologies such as React, CSS, Tailwind, Styles Components, Atomic Design, etc.
  • Excellent knowledge of relational databases including data modelling, SQL, stored procedures, postgres.
  • Extensive experience with source control systems, including branching, merging, etc.
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment.
  • Experience designing and working with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) along with experience with microservice oriented architectures.
  • Experience of working in AWS/Azure and setting up complex programmes/projects.
  • Extensive experience of design patterns such as SOLID and TDD.
What We Offer

We can offer the successful candidate:

  • A competitive salary of £68,525 per annum.
  • 30 days annual leave plus public holidays.
  • Access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
  • Variety of everyday discounts through our dedicated provider.


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