Lead Software Engineer

Endeavour Recruitment Solutions; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer for their client in Leicester. The role involves overseeing software development teams, managing project lifecycles, and ensuring technical specifications align with quality standards, all while offering a competitive salary up to £50K plus various benefits.

Benefits

Pension Contribution of 6%

Health Care Cash Plan

Travel Insurance

Critical Illness Cover

Home Insurance

Holiday Trading Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts on Shopping, Cinema, Days Out

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in full software development lifecycle.
• Minimum of 3 years in a technical lead role.
• Experience designing high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams of software engineers and testers.
• Deliver projects to quality standards on time.
• Responsible for project technical scope throughout lifecycle.

Skills

Agile

Waterfall

UML

SQL

C#

ASP.Net

Business Intelligence

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related subject

Job description

Lead Software Engineer Needed! Endeavour Recruitment is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer for their client in Leicester. The Lead Software Engineer is required to work closely with the project manager. Primary responsibility will be the delivery of the technical scope of projects through the full lifecycle. Salary up to £50K plus benefits.

Our client is based in Leicester, the largest city in the East Midlands. It is home to manufacturing, engineering and IT industries. With an excellent infrastructure of road and rail links this makes Leicester accessible from many regions.

• Pension Contribution of 6%
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Travel Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Home Insurance
• Holiday Trading Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts on Shopping, Cinema, Days Out

Responsibilities:

The Lead Software Engineer will manage teams of software engineers and testers to deliver projects to requisite quality standards on time and within budget. There will also be responsibility for the delivery of the technical scope of the project throughout the complete project lifecycle. This is not a “hands on development role” but is about management of teams, resolving issues arising and guiding where necessary.

Working Knowledge Required:

• Minimum of 5 Years in Full Software Development Lifecycle
• Minimum of 3 Years in a Technical Lead role
• Experience of Designing & Implementing High Availability Systems
• Analysing Requirements & Compiling Functional Design
• UML
• Agile, Waterfall and V methodologies
• SQL
• C# - ASP.Net – Visual Studio
• Experience of working in ISO9001 environment
• Onsite Testing experience
• Degree in Computer Science or related subject
• Business Intelligence reporting and associated dashboard design capability.
• Good working knowledge of current software legislative requirements.
• Previous experience in either Logistics, Material Handling or Airports or Manufacturing.
• Eligible for, or holds current SC clearance

If you believe you have the right experience and previous track record to successfully deliver in this role, then please apply quickly in order to be shortlisted.