Communities

Software engineering community

The software engineering community exists to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and professional development among software developers, software engineers and related roles across government.

Who the community is for

You can join this community if you’re working as a software developer or software engineer in government or the wider public sector. Find out more about membership in the community’s terms of reference.

Get involved

The community runs online and in-person events such as lean coffee meetings, special interest groups and conferences. You can:

Resources

The technology in government blog documents how technologists across government are building, assembling and running digital and technology projects.

Software engineering in the Service Manual

These guides show what we currently believe to be best practice for software development and software engineering in government:

Updates to this page

Published 5 November 2025