Lead Software Engineer, Information Advantage

Leonardo; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi days

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Job summary

Leonardo's Information Advantage team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to blend hands-on development with technical leadership across aerospace, defence and security applications. You'll guide design, integration and delivery of secure, high-quality software.

You will lead and mentor engineers, shape architecture, promote CI/CD and Secure by Design, and collaborate with systems engineers, data scientists and customers on capabilities like C2, Sensor Fusion, and AI-enabled decision support.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrable capability.
• Strong software leadership and development experience in one or more of: C++, C#, Python, Java.
• Designing and delivering software components and systems.
• Software design principles including SOLID principles and design patterns.
• Software architecture and interfaces and system integration.
• Testing and software quality.
• Providing technical guidance or mentoring to other engineers.
• Understanding of secure software development practices.
• Working across the software engineering lifecycle.
• Communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day technical delivery of software within a team or work package.
• Design, develop, integrate and test complex software solutions.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to other software engineers.
• Contribute to software architecture and take ownership of detailed software design.
• Lead and contribute to code, design and technical reviews.
• Work closely with systems engineers, architects, data scientists, test engineers and customers.
• Apply Secure by Design and high-quality software engineering practices.
• Promote automation, CI/CD, DevSecOps and modern engineering practices.
• Investigate technical problems and help the team identify effective solutions.
• Support technical planning, estimation, risk management and delivery.
• Ensure software meets its functional, performance, security and quality requirements.

Skills

C++

C#

Python

Java

Job description

Leonardo's Information Advantage team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to blend hands-on development with technical leadership across aerospace, defence and security applications. You'll guide design, integration and delivery of secure, high-quality software.

You will lead and mentor engineers, shape architecture, promote CI/CD and Secure by Design, and collaborate with systems engineers, data scientists and customers on capabilities like C2, Sensor Fusion, and AI-enabled decision support.