About this role
Salary: £42,479 - 49,976 per year
Requirements
- Professional experience developing web applications using front-end and back-end technologies
- Experience with C#, .NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, Tailwind, CSS, or comparable modern development tools
- Experience using a reactive front-end framework such as Vue or React
- Understanding of responsive design, accessibility, and compatibility across devices and browsers
- Experience working with APIs, system integrations, and structured data
- Experience using Git-based source control, code reviews, and modern development and deployment practices
- Understanding of how to write secure, reliable, testable, and maintainable code
- Ability to work collaboratively, explain technical ideas clearly, and contribute positively to a multidisciplinary team
- Practical, user-focused approach to problem-solving, with curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm for learning
- Degree in computer science, information technology, or a related subject, or equivalent practical experience
- Advantageous but not essential: experience developing solutions using Sitecore or another enterprise content management system
- Advantageous but not essential: experience with headless CMS platforms, composable architectures, or decoupled front-end applications
- Advantageous but not essential: strong commercial experience with .NET and C#
- Advantageous but not essential: experience building applications with Vue or React
- Advantageous but not essential: knowledge of Microsoft Azure services and cloud-based application development
- Advantageous but not essential: experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL
- Advantageous but not essential: experience creating automated tests and working with continuous integration and deployment pipelines
- Advantageous but not essential: understanding of web security, performance optimisation, and recognised accessibility standards
- Advantageous but not essential: experience working in an Agile delivery environment
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain modern, responsive applications using technologies such as .NET, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, Tailwind, and CSS
- Build engaging and accessible user experiences using reactive front-end frameworks such as Vue and React
- Develop and consume APIs to help applications, data, and digital platforms work together effectively
- Work with traditional and headless content management platforms
- Use Git and Azure DevOps to manage source code, peer reviews, automated build and release pipelines, deployments, and development work
- Produce clean, well-structured, maintainable code, supported by appropriate automated testing and technical documentation
- Help improve our development standards, reusable components, processes, and ways of working
- Work with colleagues to understand user needs and turn them into practical, easy-to-use solutions
- Consider security, accessibility, performance, and data protection throughout the development lifecycle
- Investigate problems, learn from feedback, and continuously improve our applications and services
- Share knowledge, contribute ideas, and support other developers as part of a collaborative team
- Explore emerging technology and identify where it could deliver value for the RNLI
Technologies
- Azure
- C#
- Cloud
- CMS
- CSS
- DevOps
- Git
- Support
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- React
- SQL
- Security
- Sitecore
- TypeScript
- Vue
- Web
- ASP.NET
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We are the RNLI, and our purpose is to save lives at sea. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards rely on a dedicated team, and we are recruiting an Applications Developer to join our Applications Development team for up to 24 months. You will help us build digital applications that support our lifesaving work and serve our volunteers, operational teams, supporters, and staff. This is a full-time temporary fixed-term contract or secondment, based in Poole, Dorset, with hybrid working between home and Poole. The salary is £42,479 to £49,976, depending on experience. Benefits include 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, an outstanding pension scheme, and life assurance. We are committed to safeguarding and have a zero-tolerance approach to harm, abuse, and neglect. We respect and value diversity of background, skills, and perspectives across our staff and volunteers.
last updated 44 week of 2026