Senior Developer

Date: 16 Jul 2025

Location: Hybrid (Pier Walk), TfL Corporate

Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC

Job title: Senior Developer (Backend)

Salary: £74-82k
Location: Pier Walk, North Greenwich
Contract Type: Permanent TFL Band 3

 

 

Overview of project/role 

 

Join us, and you could soon be using best practices such as TDD, CI & CD to deliver software that’s used by millions of Londoners every day.

 

You’ll be developing TfL’s public websites and APIs. We’ll rely on you to develop systems that are elegant, robust and can handle very high throughput

 

You’ll work as part of a Scrum team. That means you’ll be involved in activities such as refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, demos and daily scrums. You’ll work with other scrum teams using large scale scrum to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software. 

 

Skills

 

Constantly looking for better ways to develop software and experienced in developing high profile public websites, you’ll be an expert in the following: -

  • C#, .NET Core 
  • Microsoft Azure (App Service, Function, Service Bus, API Management)
  • Web APIs
  • SQL Server
  • Test Driven Development
  • Azure DevOps pipelines / Bicep / ARM templates
  • Proven experience in implementing OAuth-based authentication flows and managed identities to secure applications and resources in Azure
  • Writing unit and integration tests, performing code reviews to maintain high-quality standards
  • Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize existing Azure solutions

 

 Highly Desirable:

  • Worked with payment integration platform
  • Scrum or Kanban
  • TypeScript, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC
  • React or another single-page application framework
  • Takes ownership, drives delivery, and continuously looks for ways to improve

 

If you can bring excellent communication skills and a flair for analysing complex systems and coming up with effective solutions to problems, you're definitely someone we'd like to talk to. 

 

 

Equality, diversity and inclusion 

 

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

 

Application Process 

 

  • Please apply using your CV. Word format preferred and do not include any photographs or images 

  

The closing date for applications is 23/7/2025 @ 23:59 

 

Benefits

 
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include: 

  • Final salary pension scheme  
  • Free travel for you on the TfL network  
  • A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan  
  • 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
  • Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)  
  • Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme 
  • Retail, health, leisure and travel offers  
  • Discounted Eurostar travel
  • EVSS Scheme