Backend Developer (AWS, Typescript, Serverless Architecture, AWS Lambda)

• We are looking for talented Backend Developers to join a digital delivery team working on services that make a real difference to people across the UK
• You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of developers, designers, product managers, delivery professionals and technical specialists to build, improve and maintain secure, scalable and reliable digital services used by millions of people
• You will be responsible for designing and developing backend services and APIs, working with cloud-based technologies and serverless architectures to deliver robust and maintainable solutions
• This is an opportunity to work on meaningful public-facing technology while contributing to the continued development of modern government digital services
• Design, develop and maintain high-quality backend services using TypeScript
• Design and implement solutions using serverless architecture and cloud-native development principles
• Develop and maintain applications and services using AWS, including AWS Lambda
• Build secure, scalable and reliable APIs and backend services
• Translate user and business requirements into reliable, maintainable technical solutions
• Write clean, well-tested and maintainable code following modern software engineering practices
• Work collaboratively with frontend and mobile developers, designers, product managers, QA professionals and other technical specialists within an agile multidisciplinary team
• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews and architectural decision-making
• Develop automated tests and contribute to continuous integration and continuous delivery processes
• Investigate and resolve technical issues, defects, performance problems and production incidents
• Consider security, accessibility, privacy, resilience, scalability and performance throughout the development lifecycle
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team
• Help establish and maintain development standards, patterns and best practices
• Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture and support colleagues through mentoring and knowledge sharing where appropriate

Benefits

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment
• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Pizza Thursday monthly, weekly social in the office and commitment to charitable causes
• Time off 25 days a year
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts- Experience using Git and modern software development workflows
• Experience with automated testing, including unit and integration testing
• Strong practical experience with AWS cloud services
• Understanding of event-driven and cloud-native application architectures
• Experience designing and developing solutions using serverless architecture
• Understanding of software engineering principles including clean code, modularity, maintainability, version control and appropriate design patterns
• Experience diagnosing and resolving application defects, performance issues and production problems
• Experience working with APIs, including RESTful APIs and integration with external or internal services
• Strong commercial experience developing backend services and APIs
• Experience designing secure, scalable and resilient backend services
• Strong experience developing and deploying applications using AWS Lambda
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript
• Designing applications using a serverless architecture
• AWS and Serverless Development
• Cloud security and appropriate access-control principles
• Candidates should have a good understanding of:
• Designing solutions for reliability, scalability and cost efficiency
• API-based integrations and service-to-service communication
• Managing application configuration, environments and deployment…