Software Developer (Power Platform)

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Salary: £55K per year

Company

hirify.global is a digital consultancy delivering user-centred, agile technology solutions for UK government departments and public-sector services.

What you will do

• Lead the design, configuration, and development of discovery prototypes on Microsoft Power Platform.
• Translate requirements and architecture decisions into a technical backlog and define solution structure, data models, components, and development standards.
• Build or direct service-desk capabilities including request intake, queues, agent views, statuses, service-level tracking, dashboards, reporting, approvals, and escalations.
• Build a chatbot or guided document-submission interaction with automated checks for content quality and submission completeness.
• Apply security roles, error handling, auditability, configuration management, and validate integration, deployment, and support assumptions with the architect.
• Provide technical direction and peer review, demonstrate progress in weeks two and three, incorporate stakeholder feedback, and document production recommendations, estimates, limitations, and technical debt.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience, including strong hands-on experience building Microsoft Power Platform solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse.
• Experience building workflow, case-management, request-management, or service-desk solutions.
• Experience building chatbot capabilities, ideally with Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, connectors, APIs, security roles, solution layering, and environment management.
• Ability to balance delivery speed with sufficient technical quality for a credible proof of concept.
• Experience leading developers, setting standards, running reviews, and resolving blockers.
• Ability to demonstrate solutions clearly to product, operational, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience documenting the gap between a prototype and a secure, supportable live service.

Nice to have

• Experience with Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Power Pages, Power BI, SharePoint, Azure Functions, or Azure API Management.
• Knowledge of Power Platform ALM, including managed solutions, pipelines, connection references, and environment variables.
• Microsoft PL-400 certification.
• Experience delivering within a UK government department.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with a digital consultancy focused on user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable public-sector services.
• Inclusive environment welcoming candidates from all backgrounds and supporting flexible working arrangements.
• Disability Confident Level 1 employer providing reasonable adjustments during recruitment and employment.