Java Technical Lead

NPAworldwide; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their agile delivery teams in the UK Government and Defence sector. The role involves implementing innovative software solutions and participating in a dynamic environment focused on collaboration and continuous improvement. Candidates should possess a can-do attitude with a passion for leveraging new technologies. The position offers flexible working arrangements and various benefits including a learning budget and a supportive social culture.

Benefits

Flexitime

Learning budget for training and conferences

Social culture with monthly events

Matched pension and healthcare packages

Qualifications

• Experience in contemporary software engineering and polyglot development.
• Proactive attitude and passion for learning new technologies.
• Confidence in working with high-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement software solutions: design, develop, and test.
• Utilize tools like GitLab for CI/CD.
• Involvement in the full software lifecycle: from concept to maintenance.

Skills

Agile Methodology

DevOps Practices

Continuous Integration

Containerization

Virtualization

Full-Stack Development

Collaboration

Job description

Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Can you think strategically and ‘join the dots’ across multiple activities to build the bigger picture? Do you enjoy working at pace, identifying new and improved ways of doing things and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders? Are you passionate about learning and developing in new software technologies and making a difference to how our client operates?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for Developers to join our client’s team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join one of our client’s small, fast-paced, agile delivery teams; using agile methodology and DevOps techniques to build backend systems, data processing pipelines, and progressive web apps for customers in the UK Government and Defence sector.

Responsibilities

Senior Software Engineering at our client’s organization involves a wide range of responsibilities, including:

• Implementing software solutions including design, development, and testing.
• Using a wide range of technologies, specializing in open-source libraries and components.
• Utilizing tools such as GitLab to build continuous integration pipelines to monitor and ensure software quality and security.
• Deploying software systems to various environments, including public (AWS and Azure) and private clouds.

Full Software Lifecycle involvement:

• Project concept formalization
• Requirement analysis and specification
• Software architecture design
• Software implementation and delivery
• Software training and support
• Software lifecycle management and maintenance

Candidate specification

Our client’s Senior Software Engineers enjoy working on a variety of interesting and challenging projects. They seek proactive, can-do attitude from their team members. They value keeping up with emerging technologies and best practices, so a passion for learning and continuous improvement is essential.

Preferred experience includes:

• Contemporary software engineering, including selecting and applying appropriate technologies and patterns.
• Confidence in developing full-stack solutions as a polyglot developer/engineer.
• DevOps practices, including virtualization, containerization, continuous integration, deployment, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience working with high-level stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Experience working in agile environments using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.

Benefits

The Senior Software Engineer role offers a competitive salary and impressive benefits, including:

• Flexitime: 37.5-hour weeks with flexible structuring and remote working options.
• Learning budget for conferences, training, and materials.
• Social culture with monthly events.
• Future benefits including matched pension and healthcare packages.

Our client fosters a collaborative environment, with quarterly company meetings, annual training weekends, and various social events. Offices are located in Bristol, Cheltenham, and Manchester.

Equal Opportunities:

They are proud to be an inclusive employer committed to diversity and preventing discrimination. As a Disability Confident employer, they offer reasonable adjustments during recruitment and interviews for candidates with health conditions or disabilities who meet the minimum criteria.

They celebrate individuality and encourage contributions to their inclusion efforts.

Java API, React.js, Python, C#