B2 Software Developer (Outsystems) at Social Security Scotland

Responsibilities

• Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
• Support specific activities to improve development processes.
• Identify deficiencies in development processes and contribute to improvements where appropriate.
• Apply a modern standards approach and support others in doing so.
• Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to review specifications where necessary.
• Use agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs of medium-to-high complexity to the correct OutSystems standards.
• Help fix faults following agreed procedures.
• Carry out agreed maintenance tasks on infrastructure.
• Translate logical designs into physical designs.
• Design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful business impact.
• Work with well-understood technologies and identify appropriate patterns for their use.
• Build and test simple interfaces between systems.
• Contribute to more complex integration solutions as part of a wider team.
• Provide recommendations on the most appropriate tools, methods and approaches to support delivery.

Qualifications

• 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

Behaviours

Technical / Professional Skills

• This role is aligned to General Developer within the Government Digital and Data Profession.
• These skills will be tested during the Technical Assessment if you are successful at sift stage. They will not be assessed at application stage. Please review the following to understand the skill expectations: Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework How to Apply Apply online, you must provide a CV and a Supporting Statement (of no more than 750 words ) which provides evidence of how you meet the Experience outlined in the Success Profiles above. Both the CV and the Supporting Statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
• Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment. Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the CV and Supporting Statement on the first Experience criteria. Candidates who pass the initial sift will have their applications fully assessed. There may be a telephone interview prior to the final interview stage. Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to an interview which will assess the Experience and Behaviours, and a technical assessment comprising a coding exercise which will assess the Technical Skills. Full details of the interview and assessment process will be shared with shortlisted candidates once the sift has been completed. We aim to provide feedback on request. However, if we receive a large number of applications it may not be possible for us to provide specific feedback on your application. We will provide feedback on request to candidates who attend an interview/assessment.
• Expected Timeline (subject to change) Sift - w/c 26th October Interview – w/c 9th November Location - In Person in either Dundee or Glasgow
• Reserve List In the event that there are more successful candidates than posts available, a reserve list will be kept for up to 12 months.

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