Senior Ruby Developer

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Senior Ruby Developer (Inside IR35) until 31/03/2025 based Hybrid in London.

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website 

As a Senior Ruby Developer, your main responsibilities will be:

Responsibilities:
. Write, amend, refactor and document code to build complex programs/scripts, and as required leading on these activities.
. Adhere to internal processes and procedures, promoting and advising others which software development standards/processes/procedures apply
. Ensure that products are secure, engineered to mitigate security threats and have the necessary security controls in place.
. Make sure that information is handled with confidentiality and integrity, and that products are compliant.
. Identify and raise risks and support Information Assurance activities Constantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role.
. Monitor changes in the tech stack you use and alert on any major changes affecting our software.
. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others to do so in a highly competently manner .
. Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment.
. Use modern tools to effectively and thoroughly identify, troubleshoot and fix faults.

Essential:
. Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other developers (at work or in meetups etc)
. Working knowledge of cloud services (AWS/Azure) and integration
. Experience of coaching, mentoring and/or line managing other technical staff
. Experience of using testing to validate solutions with an understanding of a wide range of testing practices
. Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
. Experience of agile development methodologies, including writing and taking ownership of stories Understanding of what it means for a service to be operationally ready, and how to assess that
. Ability to actively participate in senior technical management discussions, evaluating technology choices on a range of relevant criteria
. An understanding of common security issues and how to mitigate them

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidate from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".

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