Lead Backend Engineer – Secure Cloud & Platform Leadership

Northrop Grumman UK

Cheltenham

Hybrid

GBP 75,000 - 110,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain critical backbone infrastructure across diverse projects. You will guide the team through technical and delivery challenges, ensuring robust, scalable solutions that meet customer needs and strategic goals.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with product and QA teams, and delivering secure, reliable software in a modern CI/CD and cloud environment. Hybrid working options are available.

Qualifications

Proven experience as a Software Developer with focus on backend Java development.
Strong track record delivering scalable backend systems.
Experience with CI/CD, containerisation and cloud deployment tools.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of the team’s deliverables and work with the Scrum Master to define the path forward.
Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
Collaborate with product teams, front‑end engineers and QA to deliver high‑quality solutions.
Mentor and guide junior developers to grow team capability.

Skills

Backend Java (Spring Boot)

Spring Boot

Maven

Scalable backend systems

CI/CD

Containerisation

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Agile / Scrum

Leadership / mentoring

Communication skills

Tools

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with product and QA teams, and delivering secure, reliable software in a modern CI/CD and cloud environment. Hybrid working options are available.

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