We are working with local planning authorities and the Department for Levelling Up, Homes and Communities (DLUHC) and other public bodies in the UK to develop Plan✕, an open source platform for creating and publishing planning services.

Its a powerful public tool that allows public bodies to collaboratively build and run user-centered, 'rules-as-code' digital services, that bake legislation, policies and guidance into the services themselves, making complicated, opaque services like planning simpler and more transparent for everyone.

Plan✕ is already being used by a growing number of planning authorities, but over the next two years we will be scaling-up its adoption across government – and likely to multiple governments. It's an exciting mission, with potential to transform how a key part of government works, and the lives of millions of people, but it is also a challenge.

As we scale we are looking for a developer with DevOps skills to help develop and maintain our infrastructure, and potentially other back-end features on an occasional basis.

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This is an open call – that means we do not have a closing date, and are interested to receive applications at any time. Along with you CV and any examples or relevant work, please send us a brief cover message telling us what motivates you and why you are interested in this role.

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• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills with both technical and semi-technical team members. 

• A natural doer-deliverer, who can work in an agile way, weigh up priorities and make good judgements, balancing short term delivery against long-term vision and future-proofing.

• Enthusiasm for building highly modular, containerised software.

• Experience of working with Docker, AWS, and Pulumi (or other Infrastructure as Code solutions).

• High level of proficiency working with GraphQL and / or REST APIs.

• Able to thrive in an iterative and sometimes ambiguous agile R&D environment, which requires trade-offs.

• A love for clean, standards-compliant, well-patterned, well-documented code.

• Enthusiasm-for and knowledge-of DevOps and Infrastructure as Code, weaving continuous testing, monitoring, security and performance improvements into our development cycle.

• Comfortable and effective working collaboratively (and remotely) using Github.

• Experience of developing or managing integrations with third party software, and designing data structures.

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• Experience with IT certifications and compliance, such as security audits and web accessibility testing, especially for the public sector.

• Experience of working with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.

• Experience of taking digital products from minimum viable product to scale.

• Enjoys working on projects with a public purpose.

• Knowledge or enthusiasm for spatial planning and improving government and the built environment.

• Work with a small, incredibly talented, friendly, and motivated team of people in a high-expectations, but always kind and inclusive environment. 

• Ridiculously flexible working. Work where you want and when you want (most of the time at least).

• Take a key role in a transformative public digital project, with potential to have a hugely positive impact on improving a key layer of everyday democracy, and giving governments the tools they need to rise to the climate crisis.