# Software Developer

**Company**: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
**Location**: Bristol, South West, England; Darlington, County Durham, North East, England; City of Westminster, Greater London, England; Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England; Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England; Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Salary**: GBP 48,501 - 52,322 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is supporting the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) on the development of ALIGN - the government’s national infrastructure spatial tool.

As a Software Developer, you will support the development of this spatial tool, including front-end and back-end development of the main application and interactive data stories built mainly in JavaScript and Svelte.

Responsibilities:

- Build, develop and maintain front-end and back-end interfaces for the ALIGN tool

- Design, create, test and document frontend and back-end solutions of high complexity

- Collaborate with Product Managers, Delivery Managers, User Researchers and Designers to understand the product users and their needs

- Implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability

- Proactively investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes

Person specification:

- Experience in building robust and accessible front-end interfaces

- Experience in working in a modern backend language

- Experience working with databases, such as Databricks and SQL Server

- Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS and Azure

- The ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools, techniques and languages

Benefits:

- Salary of £48,501 - £52,322 per year

- Membership of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme

- Various benefits, including MyLifestyle Childcare Voucher and Cycle to Work Schemes

## Skills

### Required
- JavaScript
- Svelte
- HTML
- CSS
- Python
- MapLibre
- React
- Databricks
- SQL Server
- AWS
- Azure

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