Software Developer (Integration Platform) (5143)
Summary
Software Developer in Social Security Scotland's Boomi Integration Platform team, building, testing and operating integration components that support social security systems within Agile multidisciplinary teams. Permanent Higher Executive Officer role based in Dundee or Glasgow, with a £6,000 annual GDD pay supplement.
- Job grade: Higher Executive Officer
- Contract type: Permanent
- Business area: SSS - Chief Digital Office
- Type of role: Other
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Number of jobs available: 1
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About the job
Job summary
Join Social Security Scotland's Digital Delivery & Change division as a Software Developer (Integration Platform) in the Boomi Integration Platform team. You will collaborate in a multidisciplinary team to deliver software components that support our vital social security systems.
Our Software Developers are deployed in Agile teams focusing on product development, live service, and continuous improvement. We believe in supporting our team members' growth and development and you will have access to formal training courses and team learning projects. This ensures that you can continuously learn and enhance your skills.
The Software Developer (Integration Platform) post will sit within Social Security Scotland’s Digital Delivery & Change division which has a remit to provide infrastructure and systems to support both the wider social security programme and Social Security Scotland.
A Software Developer delivers software components that form part of a product.
At this role level, you will:
- develop software to meet user needs
- follow best practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines
- write clean, secure and well-tested code
- coach and mentor more junior colleagues
- operate the services you build and identify issues in production
GDD Pay Supplement
This post is part of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) profession and currently attracts a £6,000 annual GDD pay supplement, which is paid monthly. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Management of service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
- Support for specific activities to improve development processes.
- Identification of deficiencies in development processes and contribution to improvements where appropriate.
- Participation in information security activities and processes.
- Design and implementation of embedded security controls within solutions and services.
- Application of a modern standards approach and support for others in adopting it.
- Collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders to review specifications where necessary.
- Use of agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the appropriate standards and tools.
- Participation in team prototyping activities.
- Promotion of the use of prototypes and testing to support design and development.
- Establishment and iteration of design patterns.
- Use of a variety of prototyping methods, selecting the most appropriate approach for the task.
- Resolution of faults in line with agreed procedures.
- Delivery of agreed maintenance tasks on infrastructure.
- Translation of logical designs into physical designs.
- Production and maintenance of documentation in line with required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
- Design of systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact.
- Application of well-understood technologies and identification of appropriate patterns.
- Building and testing of simple interfaces between systems.
- Contribution to more complex integration solutions as part of a wider team.
- Provision of recommendations on the most appropriate tools, methods and approaches to support delivery.
Person specification
Success Profiles
We use an assessment framework called ‘Success Profiles’ which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each. Find out more about the framework here.
For this post, the following Success Profile elements will be assessed:
Experience:
- Experience creating and maintaining Boomi integrations allowing you to use agreed specifications to independently design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools.
- Experience developing and deploying Boomi integrations allowing you to help identify and fix faults following agreed procedures and carry out agreed maintenance tasks.
Behaviours:
- Working Together (Level 3)
- Developing Self and Others (Level 3)
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here.
Technical / Professional Skills:
This role is aligned to General Developer within the Government Digital and Data Profession.
Please review the following to understand the skill expectations: Software Developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
These skills will be tested during the Technical Assessment if you are successful at sift stage. They will not be assessed at application stage.
Benefits
A Civil Service Pension - This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard. Read more here - www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.
Healthy work life balance - We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.
Discounts - You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
Personal support for you - Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.
Volunteering special leave - Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.
Great locations - Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.
Things you need to know
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Selection process details
Expected Timeline (Subject to change)
Sift - week commencing 26th October 2026
Interview – week commencing 9th November 2026
Location - In Person in either Dundee or Glasgow
To apply please submit an application form by clicking on the ‘Apply at Advertisers Site’ button.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Resourcing Team
- Email : recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot
- Telephone : 08001577194
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot
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