Lead Software Engineer

Babcock International; Corsham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Corsham is seeking a Lead Software Engineer responsible for overseeing the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with C# and team leadership skills. This is a full-time position mainly based on site with options for remote work. Excellent benefits include generous holidays and a matched pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with C# programming language.
• Experience leading a team of any size.
• Security Check (SC) security clearance required or obtainable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating tasks among team members.
• Documenting and defining guidelines for delivering the system.
• Designing product updates and improvements.
• Contributing to team activities, including hands-on development.
• Analysing data and tracking metrics.

Skills

C#

Team leadership

Job description

Overview

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for overseeing the entire software development lifecycle and for design, planning, execution and ensuring the suitability of the SkyNet 6 New Management System (NMS), in accordance with the project delivery lifecycle. Working closely with the Lead Systems Engineer, Lead Test Engineer, Quality Assurance Team and the Project Manager, the Lead Software Engineer will deliver software systems to tight timescales across multiple phases of the project. Day-to-day, you'll be working in an Agile software team to create and review software delivery plans, User Stories, Business Requirements or System Requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating tasks among team members.
• Documenting and defining guidelines (e.g. Software Delivery Plan) for delivering the system.
• Designing the product, updates and improvements.
• Contributing to the team activities, including hands-on development.
• Analysing data and tracking metrics to ensure that the solution is performing well.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Hawthorn, Corsham. Majority of the role can be remote.

Essential experience

• You must have hands-on experience with C#.
• You must have experience leading a team of any size.
• Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role is required or obtainable.

About the role

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Lead Software Engineer at our Hawthorn, Corsham site.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This window opens February through to March annually
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing