Senior Application Developer x 3

Directorate: Corporate Services

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

We are looking for skilled and motivated Senior Application Developers to join our digital services team and deliver secure, user-centred solutions that improve efficiency, customer access and outcomes for residents and colleagues. Working in a modern local authority environment, you will help shape business applications, automated processes, data migrations and integrations that support essential public services and our wider digital transformation ambitions.

The roles cover a number of technical areas such as application development, power platform, AI, data & analytics, we will focus your skills in one or more of these areas to support delivery and outcomes.

You will work with council services, subject matter experts, technical colleagues and suppliers to translate operational needs into robust, supportable solutions. The role suits experienced developers who combines strong technical delivery with clear communication, structured problem-solving and a commitment to public service.

Team’s Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain business applications and digital solutions throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Gather and interpret functional and non-functional requirements, translating business needs into secure, scalable and supportable technical designs.
• Deliver process automation using Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Automate, Copilot Studio and Power Apps, with integrations across Microsoft 365 and corporate systems.
• Design, develop, and implement AI-powered solutions to improve efficiency, automation, and outcomes.
• Develop and support solutions using technologies such as C#, SQL, JavaScript, APIs, SQL Server, SSIS and SSRS.
• Plan and deliver data migration and integration activity, including discovery, mapping, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, reconciliation and controlled cutover.
• Create and maintain complex SQL queries, views, stored procedures, ETL routines, interfaces, validation rules, exception handling and error reporting.
• Investigate data quality, application, automation and integration issues, identify root causes and work with stakeholders to resolve delivery risks.
• Produce clear technical documentation, test evidence, reconciliation reports and support materials to enable assurance, informed decisions and successful transition into live service.
• Support projects and change activity in line with ICT governance, security and corporate standards, ensuring measurable benefits are realised.
• Build effective relationships with services, suppliers and technical teams, explain complex information to non-technical audiences and promote continuous improvement and emerging technology.

For further information about this role please contact martyn.stacey@rotherham.gov.uk

This post will have access to the Public Services Network. If successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.