Job summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Developer to join our dynamic Digital and Data team at Public Health Wales. You’ll play a key role in developing and delivering high-quality digital solutions that support national health services. Working closely with senior technical leads and your team, you’ll contribute to designing, building, and maintaining systems that improve digital health services in Wales. It’s a great time to join us as we’re adopting new technologies and growing our technical professions.
The role sits within the Research, Data and Digital Directorate and contributes directly to the organisation’s strategic goals. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, senior leaders, and external partners to help shape effective, future-ready services across the health system.
If you’re passionate about crafting solutions with population-level impact –this is your opportunity to make a real difference.
Occupation Code: 2134, Programmers and software development professionals.
Overseas candidates will need to check they are eligible before applying for the post.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the design, build, integration, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and interoperable software systems.
Develop and maintain code under guidance, following established standards and best practices.
Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to ensure systems meet technical, clinical, and business standards.
Apply agile and user-centred development practices and collaborating with diverse teams.
Follow data protection, cyber security, and national digital infrastructure standards in all development and maintenance activities.
Support the maintenance of service components, assist with troubleshooting issues, and help ensure systems perform reliably.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in an associated professional field.
- Solid understanding and proficiency in one or more programming languages.
Desirable
- Professional certification e.g. Professional Scrum Developer, Microsoft certified etc.
- Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing software.
- Familiarity with programming languages (C#, JavaScript), related frameworks (.Net) and structures (MVC)
- Familiarity with database technologies (SQL)
- Familiarity with container platforms (ie. Docker, OpenShift)
- Familiarity with version control tools (Git and building CI/CD pipelines)
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of developing on cloud-based environments such as AWS and Azure.
- Knowledge or experience of developing front-end elements using Blazor.
- Other programming languages (Java, Python)
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Comfortable working in agile environments, collaborating with diverse teams, and adapting to change.
- Actively contribute to technical discussions and decisions to produce quality, robust and sustainable solutions.
- Take accountability for delivering quality software solutions within appropriate timescales.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh, or willing to learn.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the needs of the service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 04 October 2026
