Software developer (Mid-level) - Hybrid - Permanent

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Software Developer (Mid-level)

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Salary: £44,000 to £52,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience and in line with our skills framework levels) + Comprehensive benefits package
Job Type: Permanent
Software team lead
Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. We have hubs located in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford.
For 30 years Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
We are uniquely positioned to protect, promote and lead the sector in digital and data transformation, making a difference to students, communities and society. working to build a better digital future for education and research.
As a Software Developer at Jisc, you’ll grow your career through our structured skills framework, which provides clear role-based progression linked to transparent, pre-agreed criteria. Confidence in debugging, testing, and optimising code is key, along with the ability to influence technical decisions and architectural approaches. Collaboration is a core part of the role, supporting team problem solving and helping to maintain a positive, inclusive engineering culture. You’ll also be expected to show initiative in improving workflows and code quality, deepen your understanding of the full development lifecycle, and balance technical considerations with real user and business needs.
Designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable applications using modern engineering practices and cloud native approaches.
• Leading testing activities, implementing automated test strategies, and driving debugging and performance optimisation across the stack.
• Contributing to application and cloud architecture design, including pipelines, deployments, and infrastructure patterns.
• Monitoring how Jisc’s applications operate in real world environments and ensuring development work aligns with sector needs.
• Experience delivering production ready software, taking ownership of work and contributing across the stack where needed.
• Ideally knowledge of Python and/or Typescript, SQL, Terraform, CDK, GitHub, and AWS, though good knowledge of modern software development languages and practises and a willingness to learn is more important than specific technologies
• Ability to plan, design, code, test, optimise, and document software with minimal guidance, favouring simplicity and maintainability.
• Skilled in debugging, performance tuning, source control workflows, and contributing to architectural and design decisions.
• Hybrid working:
Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value, so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.
We foster a culture of continuous learning and personal growth, offering opportunities to develop new skills and make a real impact in education and research. With a strong focus on work-life balance, we embrace flexible working that prioritises outcomes over hours, empowering you to create a rhythm that energises both your professional and personal life.
Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes three closure days over Christmas
• Buy up to an additional 5 days leave during the flexible benefits window
• Generous flexible pension schemes
• A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, mental health first aiders and support
• A company culture of continuous learning with access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning courses, and lots of resources and opportunities to support your development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
• A wide range of discounts and cashback from retailers and big-name high-street stores
• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity and co-parental leave as well as opportunity for career breaks
• Equity, diversity and inclusion:
We work hard to create an equitable experience for our candidates and workforce which embraces all aspects of their identity including race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, or veteran status.
While we encourage the use of AI tools to help you get started on your CV or cover letter, we encourage you to review your application before submitting. Jisc has an active sponsor licence to recruit on a Skilled worker visa basis. Candidates wishing to apply who require sponsorship should determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant Home Office criteria. Jisc does not offer any financial re-imbursement towards the applicant costs, such as re-location, skilled worker visa and dependant costs or the immigration health charge.
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Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.
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Location:
Remote, Hybrid
Salary:
£44,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Information Technology

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