Lead Software Engineer

Talent Solutions UK; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer you play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.

Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the Defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation programme.

Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base including peer review of code
• Support the Delivery Lead/Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery time scales, and communicating these to the customer
• Liaison with the Product Owner to manage the product road map and communicating the impact of changing customer requirements
• Identifying technical risks/opportunities and proactively developing plans to mitigate and realise them

We are looking for:

• Understanding of Cloud-based architectures in AWS or Azure
• Use of DevOps Automated Deployment tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab, Docker, OpenShift or Kubernetes
• Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB

Role clearance type: You must currently hold the highest level of UK Government clearance