Software Developer (Integration Platform) (5143)

Location - Dundee or Glasgow

Hours - 35 hours per week

Closing Date – 26th October 2026 at 23:55

Job ID - 5143

Employment Type - Permanent

Overview

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

Main Duties

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.

Further Information

Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot.