Software Developer (Full Stack/Front or Back End)

Jacobs is seeking experienced Software Developers to design and deliver digital services for public sector platforms, working in agile teams with GDS and GOV.UK standards. The role involves building secure, accessible, and scalable web applications.

• Design, build, and maintain end to end features for a public sector digital platform.
• Deliver accessible, performant user interfaces using modern front end technologies.
• Build and integrate secure back end services and APIs.
• Collaborate with designers, content teams, and analysts to support content led user journeys.
• Enhance search functionality to support effective content discovery.
• Support authentication and Single Sign On (SSO) integrations.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability, and accessibility requirements.
• Work in line with the GDS Service Manual, supporting iterative, user centred delivery.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and service monitoring.
• Raise engineering standards through code quality, best practices, and mentoring.

• Proven experience delivering production‑grade digital services in agile, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript experience.
• Experience writing clean, well‑tested, maintainable code.
• Understanding of accessibility, security, and quality in modern web applications.
• Comfortable working in regulated or high‑assurance environments.
• Collaborative, resilient, and pragmatic in your approach to problem‑solving.
• Front‑end: Strong experience with React and Next.js; excellent HTML, CSS, and modern styling approaches (e.g., Tailwind beneficial); proven experience translating Figma designs and design systems into high‑quality UI; solid understanding of accessibility, usability, and inclusive design; front‑end testing experience (e.g., Jest or similar).
• Back‑end: Strong experience building services using Node.js, including Express; experience designing secure APIs, authentication, and authorisation; exposure to containerized environments (OpenShift and/or Kubernetes); experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing; familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Grafana).
• Experience with search services and/or identity solutions is a plus.

• comprehensive Health Cover
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• holiday buy/sell scheme
• variety of wellbeing, family, parental and fertility support offerings
• enhanced contribution pension scheme