If you’re a Software Developer, or Software Engineer, looking for a new challenge, look no further. As Senior Software Developer you will be a key part of delivering internally developed Software Solutions for our force, to help make our officers more flexible and better equipped to serve the public.

West Midlands Police is at the leading edge of providing technology to our officers on-the-go, with a range of in-house-developed solutions for Android mobile devices and Windows laptops and desktops. We are in the process of transitioning from MVC web sites and hybrid mobile apps using Ionic, Angular and Cordova to .NET progressive web apps, and we need people who can help us deliver new and innovative solutions for our officers and staff.

Role and Responsibilities
You will be working within the Development team in our Delivery Management function and will be responsible for taking a leading role in the development of our ground-breaking digital presence and services offering.

You Will:

-    Technically lead and bring extensive knowledge to the team, both in terms of existing technologies as well as innovative new methods that could bring about service improvement
-    Help supervise Junior Developers 
-    Assist with the production of low-level software designs for IT solutions in line with force requirements;
-    Act as Scrum Master to facilitate product development
-    Provide specialist software development expertise.
-    Develop, maintain and integrate a variety of software solutions
-    Provide specialist software skills and knowledge to ensure the security and integrity of the Force’s software 
-    Work closely with teams within Service Management to transition new services into the ‘live’ environment, ensuring that they are provided with end-to-end support documentation for all software facets

Essential 
-    Internet or intranet-facing C# .NET Core web sites with MVC or Razor Pages
-    HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
-    JavaScript
-    REST API development using C# .NET
-    SQL Server
-    Visual Studio

Highly Desirable
-    Vue
-    Progressive Web Apps
-    Azure DevOps Server (TFS), including git
-    Deployment to load balanced and mirrored cloud infrastructure
-    Automated build, deployment, performance and test processes
-    Angular, Ionic and Cordova

Vetting - Successful applicants will be required to pass management vetting and security clearance scrutiny prior to starting their role. This includes a full background & financial disclosure.

Medical - Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.  As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.  

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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