# Senior Software Engineer Location: Hybrid (Home and London office) Tenure: Permanent Full timeSalary: £65,000 to £80,000 Closing date: Rolling recruitment ## About the role We are growing our technology team and looking for a Senior Software Engineer who believes that data and technology can empower people and change lives. This role offers the chance to shape both our engineering culture and the future of a mission-driven company while developing your skills. Youll be working predominantly on the LIFT product which delivers billions in support to the most vulnerable households in the country every year. Designing and building out new features under our Data Engineering Lead. Youll have the opportunity to push best practice cost-efficient architecture and optimise product delivery processes to ensure that LIFT continues to raise families up. ## Key responsibilities The role will involve a diverse range of activities including: Working as a full stack developer including front end, back end, CICD, IaC and security from maintenance and bug fixes to design and release of new features. Driving the development team, growing team members and helping the team as a whole work well with each other and the rest of the company. Investing in and improving team skills and practices through co-mentoring, pairing, code review and leading by example. Communication, stakeholder management and relationship building to support an engineering team thats known as a trusted partner for marketing, sales, policy & operations and is an integral part of the business. Shaping the companys thinking on software technology architecture and how to build systems that work for us, for our customers and our users over the long run. Co-ordinating development through internal relationships with product management, compliance and operational staff. Managing external technical relationships with e.g. pen testers, infrastructure specialists, accessibility testers and contractors. Contributing to technical discussions and scoping of work internally and with clients. Ensuring the security of data entrusted to the organisation, minimising the risk of security breach, potential data loss or downtime and engaging in post-mortem and follow-up when things do go wrong or right. Your work at Policy in Practice will place you at the forefront of technology in the government space. You will be keen to develop the teams skills across the full stack and excited by the potential for improving peoples lives. This will be a challenging role; you will be hands on, unafraid of getting stuck in and focused on great results. ## Technical requirements Interest and aptitude for ongoing learning and development in these and related technologies are more important than what you know today. ### Our benefits model uses JavaScript TypeScript Node.js Angular (transitioning to React) Mocha, Chai and Playwright AWS: S3, Cloudfront, Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS, MySQL ### Our data analysis workflow uses Python AWS: RDS, PostgreSQL, Fargate, Lambda, S3, Athena, Query Stata and Excel (used by policy and analysis teams) Tableau (being deprecated) ### Our development practices include Standard JS, TS, Python language coding styles Testing using Mocha, Chai, Jasmine and Cypress/Playwright GitHub CICD (GitHub Actions) dependent on code review and automated quality checks AWS CDK Working in sprints with epics, tickets and roadmaps on Jira and quarterly roadmap review ## About Policy in Practice Policy in Practice believes data and technology can empower people and change lives. Our goal is to be the single point of access for all people on means tested benefits and enable effective public services through citizen-centred services. We aim to reach as many households as possible across the UK. We will do this via growth of existing products in public and private sector organisations and through expansion into new markets. Policy in Practice is at a pivotal point as we continue to move from start-up to scale-up. We have invested in our capability and development has moved from ideas to prototypes and in some cases to production. ### Policy in Practices vision and mission Vision We believe data and technology can empower people and change lives. Mission We empower people via proactive integrated support. We will help more people to live better lives using our expertise in social policy, data and technology. We are transforming the way society supports low income families through citizen-centred approaches. We focus on improving how all policy areas, sectors and journeys combined can have an impact on people and their outcomes. ### Values Purposeful and passionate We push for opportunities to improve not just for our clients or for ourselves but also for the people who need our help. We take responsibility. Details Matter. We have a genuine passion to help people with a willingness to take action. Insightful and impactful We go beyond straightforward analysis to get to the So What, driving our policy insight and services to deliver impact. We think deeply and communicate simply in a way that helps people make the right decisions. Respectful and supportive We are willing to discuss and debate openly, listening to both sides and relying on evidence and strong relationships to reach shared positions. We have each others back. ## Why work here Working in a thought-leading organisation where you can empower people and change lives. Flexible working arrangements with hybrid and remote working available. Opportunities for quick career progression. ### Policy in Practice colleagues say > "Everyone is lovely and we do such impactful work. There is a very caring employee culture and a drive to share expertise." > "I appreciate how our work helps shape policies and the supportive team environment here encourages everyone to grow. Flexible working options make it easier to balance life and work and our inclusive culture makes this a welcoming place to be." > "The work is extremely meaningful and translates directly into tangible benefits." ## How to apply Please send your CV with a cover letter that clearly outlines your suitability and your interest in the post to jobs.policyinpractice.co.uk as soon as possible.