Senior Developer

Role overview:

As a Senior Developer in TfN’s Transport Appraisal, Modelling and Economics (TAME) team, you will lead the development and maintenance of TfN’s web products, including leading the development and maintenance of our website, and development and
deployment of our visualisation dashboards.

Practically, you will be required to lead and direct the delivery of scripts, software, web services and web development, facilitating the provision of data, analytics and assurance services.

This role represents a unique opportunity to lead the development of scalable, publicly visible technical products; including the TfN website, which is one of the principal ways we engage with our partners, stakeholders, and the public.

As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to collaborate with others to deliver successful outcomes and will contribute to the improvement of existing processes and procedures. This will also involve technical and project management to
work with colleagues to deliver innovative solutions on robust timelines.

What we’re looking for:

An experienced developer who can lead the design and development of a web site and interactive web products.

The successful candidate will have a track record of designing scripts, software and web services with demonstrable knowledge and familiarity with development of static and dynamic web service front-ends. For example, visualisations backed by complex datasets, static webpages and interactive GIS models, with understanding of web-centric languages.

Candidates must possess a highly numerate degree or possess substantial equivalent experience.

Closing Date: 12:00pm 20/05/2025

Provisional Interview Date:  w/c 26/05/2025

In return, as well as a competitive salary, our other benefits are:

• 28 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Access to the local government pension scheme
• Access to various salary sacrifice benefits, including Travel Pass purchase scheme. 
• Access to TfN’s Flexi-Time Scheme, allowing accrual of up to 18 additional days leave per year

If you believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for please apply online, ensuring that in your application you provide evidence in the form of specific examples of how you meet the essential criteria in the role profile. 

All candidates will be required to prove their right to work in the UK as part of the recruitment process. 

At TfN, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, all applications will be considered on their merit.

As an organisation we always strive to do the right thing and understand that in order to make a difference in our society and workplace, we must be committed to respecting equality and diversity, showing kindness, tackling discrimination and promoting inclusion and have signed the CIHT Diversity and Inclusion Charter Statement to further endorse our commitment. We are also an accredited Living Wage Employer, this means that every employee earns a real Living Wage and are recognised as  Disability Confident employer (stage 2) acting as a disability confident champion within our local and business communities and business networks.