Senior Developer

Join the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Senior Developer and play a key role in shaping the future of UK financial services. In this position, you will lead the delivery of high-quality digital solutions, take ownership of technical incidents, and champion engineering best practices. You will also have the opportunity to influence wider engineering strategy and contribute to high-profile projects that support organizational objectives and improve outcomes for consumers. Enjoy a supportive environment, flexible working, and a range of benefits including private healthcare and a non-contributory pension.

• Lead the delivery of high-quality digital solutions by guiding development activity, mentoring colleagues, and strengthening team capability.
• Take ownership of technical incidents, support issues, and defect resolution to ensure reliable services and minimize disruption for users.
• Champion engineering best practice by leading initiatives that enhance ways of working and contribute to a growing community of practice across the organization.
• High level of experience in either Java/C# and React/Angular
• Essential:
• Ability to evaluate, select and apply innovative development approaches, adapting practices and frameworks to meet technical and delivery requirements
• Experience as a Senior Developer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application
• Proven ability to collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and analysts to deliver high-quality solutions aligned to user and business needs
• Effective communication skills with the ability to engage confidently within multidisciplinary teams and with a broad range of stakeholders
• Degree-level qualification in Computing, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience gained within software engineering environments
• Experience working within agile environments, alongside Solution and Technical Architects, with an understanding of system architecture, implementation trade-offs and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices
• Commitment to software engineering best practice, producing high-quality code that is coherent, loosely coupled, maintainable, well-documented and fully testable
• Experience of Cloud Native development; ideally on AWS
• Strong understanding of development automation, using tools and practices that improve efficiency, quality and software delivery outcomes