Job Specifications
Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB
Job Summary
We’re looking for an exceptional Software Developer to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Software Developer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.
We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Job Description
Your world of expertise
We’re looking for an exceptional Software Developer who shares our amazing values to help us make a difference to our planet by using cutting edge technologies to provide world-leading meteorological information to our customers around the world.
Your Key Duties:
Join the Met Office’s Data Services team - an innovative, friendly group at the forefront of developing scalable cloud-based solutions.
We’re responsible for the systems that deliver critical weather and climate data to users across the UK and beyond. Through scalable APIs and cloud-native services, our team ensures fast, reliable access to forecast and observation data, supporting everyone from emergency responders and government to businesses and the public.
As a Developer in Data Services, you’ll be working with a highly collaborative set of squads and engineering solutions using Python and AWS Cloud Computing to bridge the gap between advanced scientific modelling and the platforms our users rely on every day. You’ll be getting hands on with the output of our cutting-edge supercomputing capabilities, handling terabytes of data daily, and have opportunities to learn and understand weather data. You will be supporting and releasing into our live systems and making system performance, scalability, and reliability essential elements of your work.
This is your opportunity to be part of something bigger - developing modern, cloud-based solutions that have a wide-reaching and positive impact, helping millions of people to stay safe and thrive.
This developer role is aligned to Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework on the GOV.UK website.
We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation.
Your world of expertise
We’re looking for an exceptional Software Developer who shares our amazing values to help us make a difference to our planet by using cutting edge technologies to provide world-leading meteorological information to our customers around the world.
Your Key Duties:
Join the Met Office’s Data Services team - an innovative, friendly group at the forefront of developing scalable cloud-based solutions.
We’re responsible for the systems that deliver critical weather and climate data to users across the UK and beyond. Through scalable APIs and cloud-native services, our team ensures fast, reliable access to forecast and observation data, supporting everyone from emergency responders and government to businesses and the public.
As a Developer in Data Services, you’ll be working with a highly collaborative set of squads and engineering solutions using Python and AWS Cloud Computing to bridge the gap between advanced scientific modelling and the platforms our users rely on every day. You’ll be getting hands on with the output of our cutting-edge supercomputing capabilities, handling terabytes of data daily, and have opportunities to learn and understand weather data. You will be supporting and releasing into our live systems and making system performance, scalability, and reliability essential elements of your work.
This is your opportunity to be part of something bigger - developing modern, cloud-based solutions that have a wide-reaching and positive impact, helping millions of people to stay safe and thrive.
This developer role is aligned to Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework on the GOV.UK websi
About the Company
The Met Office combines weather and climate science and data with expert insights to help government, businesses, emergency responders and the public to make informed decisions based on the weather and our changing climate.
Everything we do is based on world-leading science and enhanced by the close working relationships we have with partners around the globe. We collect and make sense of massive amounts of data every day, using cutting-edge technology to deliver it into the hands of the people that need it, when it matters...
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