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Probably goes without saying: but GDS is an extremely fine place to work and full of smart, talented and friendly people.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re lucky enough to have an opportunity to work with them don’t pass it up.
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 20:14, Bradley Wright wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>Hi LRUG,</div><div><br></div><div>The Government Digital Service, who run the award-winning GOV.UK (mostly written in Ruby on Rails), are looking for up to 8 developers to join us full-time to work on a range of products. We’re also looking for contract Rails developers to work on GOV.UK specifically.</div><div><br></div><div>We work in small multi-disciplinary agile teams of up to 6 developers plus product owners, scrum masters, designers, user researchers and content designers. We release multiple times per day[0]. We code in the open[1].</div><div><br></div><div>[0] - <a href="https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2014/09/10/releasing-applications-to-gov-uk/">https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2014/09/10/releasing-applications-to-gov-uk/</a></div><div>[1] - <a href="https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2012/10/12/coding-in-the-open/">https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2012/10/12/coding-in-the-open/</a></div><div><br></div><div>As we’re the Civil Service we can’t offer much in the way of startup-grade perks other than very friendly hours; a great pension plan; and the opportunity to work on hard problems with people who care - the output of which can affect people across the UK’s lives for the better.</div><div><br></div><div>The formal job application is here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1427015">https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1427015</a></div><div><br></div><div>and if you want to apply, it’s helpful to read the guide we wrote to help people through the civil service process:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2013/12/24/applying-for-a-job-at-gds/">https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2013/12/24/applying-for-a-job-at-gds/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Alternatively if you’re interested in a contract role please send your CV and interest to:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:contracting@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk">contracting@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div>I’m the technical architect for GOV.UK, so if you have any questions about the roles please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Brad Wright</div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Chat mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></div><div>Archives: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org</a></div><div>Manage your subscription: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div><div>List info: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div></div></div></span>
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