Senior Back End Developer

Job Description

Job Advertisement: Senior Back End Developer (18-24 Month Contract)
Are you a skilled and experienced Back End Developer looking for an exciting opportunity to work with Transport for London (TfL)? We are currently seeking a dynamic individual to join our team on an 18-24 month contract basis. As a Senior Back End Developer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and configuring applications, components, and tools according to the technical plans set by the Development Technical Lead on agreed programmes and projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and configure applications, components, and tools according to technical plans set by the Development Technical Lead.
Follow and contribute to Software Development Standards and Best Practices in the agile team and specialist area.
Organize, conduct, or participate in meetings/delivery events and follow processes defined for the team to ensure quality of work and efficiency.
Uphold the principles and standards of Technology and Data to ensure delivered work is of high quality, robust, and meets set priorities.
Responsible for development plans, forecasts, and development budgetary estimates to ensure projects can be planned consistently and timely.
Create technical material in support of governance processes such as architecture and change review.
Provide development expertise and insight to support the effective evaluation of new technologies.
Fix software application defects in accordance with agreed developer operations practices.

Requirements:

Expert in software engineering techniques.
Expert in implementing design patterns that lead to flexible and easily maintained solutions.
Broad knowledge and understanding of planning and management tools and techniques.
Broad knowledge and understanding of relevant industry standards, such as security, and PCI DSS.
Broad knowledge and understanding of cloud platforms.
Knowledge of 3rd party contractual requirements working in a multi-vendor environment.
Knowledge of electronic document control systems is desirable.
Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area is desirable.

Desired Skills:

Ability to translate specifications to software implementation of large, complex distributed systems involving a vast range of stakeholders.
At least one of the following four general or specialist skills:
Expert in a recent version of at least one development language such as C#, Java, JavaScript, SQL, and PowerShell.
Expert in industry-standard development methodologies and tools.
Expert in industry-standard content management tools and practices.
Expert in analysing and optimising database and application performance.
Extensive experience in developing software systems in multi-vendor environments to incrementally deliver high-quality systems to specification and budget.
Extensive experience in developing software of complex systems under significant pressures of time and cost.
Extensive experience of appropriate documentation techniques for software designs.
Broad experience of the full systems development lifecycle in an Agile environment.
Knowledge and "hands-on" experience in cloud implementations is desirable.
Knowledge and "hands-on" experience of systems integrations is desirable.

If you are a proactive individual with excellent development skills and a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of transport in London!