Lead Software Engineer

Target Integration Ltd.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Hybrid work

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Target Integration Ltd. in Gloucester seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead development across Defence, Cyber and Intelligence programmes. You will plan and coordinate software activities, mentor juniors, and drive DevSecOps automation while collaborating with customers and stakeholders.

The role emphasises cloud-native design, microservices and serverless architectures, with a flexible hybrid work model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Java.
• Experience of developing on Linux.
• Advanced understanding of mocking and unit testing with JUnit 5.x (Jupiter).
• Expert with Git version control.
• Proficient in Agile Development using SCRUM.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle/Relational Databases and/or Mongo.
• Experience of GitLab CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience of Apache NiFi.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket.
• Experience of Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• Advanced knowledge of Hibernate.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS services (EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3, Lambda).
• Experience of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments.
• Experience developing software for cloud deployment – AWS.
• Experience developing software for microservice/serverless architectures.
• Understanding moving on-prem workloads to cloud.

Responsibilities

• Planning, conducting and coordinating software development activities.
• Working with customers and stakeholders to identify requirements and advise on architectures and solutions.
• Design and development of tests to debug software.
• Programming business/mission applications using appropriate standards, processes and tools throughout the development lifecycle.
• Mentoring of junior engineers.
• Analysis of system capabilities to resolve questions of program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.
• Championing automation in IaC, CI/CD and test automation.

Skills

Java

Linux

JUnit 5

Git

Agile SCRUM

Relational/NoSQL databases

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud deployment AWS

Microservices/serverless

AWS services

Elasticsearch/Kibana

Hibernate

Apache NiFi

Atlassian Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Apache NiFi

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Hibernate

AWS

Job description

We have various exciting opportunities arising at our site in Gloucester for Staff Software Engineers, primarily a variety of Defence, Cyber and Intelligence programmes.

This company will provide you with meaningful work and education opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important you can also enjoy a strong work life balance. To ensure this the organisation offers a flexible work schedule, hybrid work and a comprehensive benefits package to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life in and outside of work.

A range of specialisms exist in this essential and rewarding role. You may specialise in just one area or operate across multiple Software Development disciplines with a specific focus on the Cyber domain.

Typically, you will be involved in one or more of the following:

Planning, conducting and coordinating software development activities.

Working with customers and key stakeholders to identify requirements and ready to advise on and influence the adoption of suitable architectures and solutions.

Design and development of tests to debug software.

Working with customer requirements that are to be programmed into business/mission applications, whilst utilising the appropriates standards, processes and tools throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Mentoring of junior engineers.

Analysis of system capabilities to resolve questions of program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.

Championing automation in the form of IaC, CI/CD and test automation.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing cutting edge DevSecOps software systems and applications. You’ll be at the forefront of driving innovation and safeguarding digital infrastructures in the UK.

If you’re passionate about Software Engineering and eager to take your career to the next level, we want to hear from you!

Required skills, qualifications, & experiences:

• Expert knowledge of current Java.
• Experience of developing on Linux.
• Advanced understanding of mocking and unit testing frameworks such as JUnit 5.x (Jupiter).
• Expert with Git version control.
• Proficient in Agile Development using SCRUM.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle/ Relational Databases and/or Mongo.
• Experience of GitLab CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience of Apache NiFi.
• Experience in the use of Atlassian Suite - Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence.
• Experience of Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• Advanced knowledge of Hibernate.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS Services such as EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3, Lambda.
• Experience of CI/CD software pipelines for Cloud deployments.
• Experience of developing software for cloud deployment – specifically AWS.
• Experience developing software for microservice and or serverless architectures.
• Understanding the development challenges moving on-prem workload to cloud.