Full Stack Software Lead

Roke Manor Research Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and engineering company is seeking a Full Stack Software Lead to guide technical teams and deliver innovative solutions in the National Security domain. The role includes mentoring, coding, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies to address complex challenges, ensuring the safety and security of the nation.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading small teams desirable.
• Technologically curious and willing to upskill.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction within the scrum team.
• Write clean, secure code using a test-driven approach.
• Integrate API/UI components with data stores.

Skills

Spring Boot

React

VueJS

AngularJS

Leadership

Technologically curious

Job description

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National Security Business
Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain working to deliver mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOPs/SRE, Platform Engineering

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role:
As a Full Stack Software Lead, you live and breathe leading technical teams from the front; ensuring best practice and delivery whilst gaining exposure to an increasingly interesting customer base. Your knowledge will be deep, you will use it to define novel technical approaches to mission critical projects that keep the country safe.

This isn’t sat in middle management delivering performance reviews, appraisals or sitting through disciplinary meetings; it’s an opportunity to challenge yourself technically at the forefront of innovation whilst mentoring the next generation.

Roke is a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Intelligence. You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.

You will work directly with Roke’s customers to develop and maintain bespoke software that provides both the front end and back end of multiple custom web portals that allows easy interaction, augmentation, processing and control for large volumes of user generated data.

The Full Stack Software Lead will work on a sprintly basis within a scrum team to deliver key value and project increments to our customers. You will work with a variety of back end storage and processing technologies.

You will be responsible for

• Providing direction within the scrum team
• Liaise with the engineering lead
• Be able to help the scrum team decompose user requests and key results into epics and stories.
• Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach
• Create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse
• Effectively document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate
• Work with well understood and emerging technologies and identify appropriate patterns
• Integrating API / UI components with existing data stores and APIs
• Maintain and develop existing architectural components including Data Ingest, Data Stores and REST APIs
• Participate in sprint ceremonies with the agile team, attending daily stand-ups, epic decomposition, demos and planning sessions.
• Assist the wider team to understand upcoming API features and their impact on
• Collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally
• Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user

Required skills

• Spring Boot
• React / VueJS / AngularJS
• Experience of leading small teams Desirable.
• Technologically curious / Willing / Able to tactically upskill new technologies

Built on over a 60 year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.

Where you’ll work

Manchester - You’ll find our Manchester site located in the heart of the City; Europe’s fastest growing tech hub. You’ll become a key part of Roke’s growing local tech community as we support the Government levelling up agenda. There is easy, local access to our client community with great transport links and nearby local parking.

Clearances

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.

The Next Step...

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.