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Covid-19 and beyond – why we’re hiring a research operations lead

Posted by: Tom Adams, Lead user researcher, Posted on: 9 October 2020 - Categories: Careers, research operations, user research
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) crystallised our urgent need for research operations, a relatively new discipline that supports user researchers. Tom Adams talks about research during COVID-19 and this new role.

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We're hiring software developers

Posted by: Lewis Wilson, Principal software developer, Posted on: 6 October 2020 - Categories: Careers, Coding, software development
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DfE Digital is hiring people to help us grow a modern software engineering culture. Our teams build services that meet the needs of our users - teachers, students and parents. Here our principal software developer Lewis Wilson talks about our approach, culture and tech stack. 

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