Lead Software Engineer – Information Advantage (Hybrid UK)

Leonardo; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off and flexi-days

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Access to online courses (Coursera/LL)

Job summary

Leonardo’s Information Advantage team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide the design, development, integration and delivery of secure, high-quality software across mission-critical aerospace, defence and security applications. You will balance hands-on coding with technical leadership across a multi-site UK program.

You’ll lead a team through architecture reviews, code reviews and integration, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with systems engineers, data scientists and

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering secure, high-quality software.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical delivery within a team or work package.
• Design, develop, integrate and test complex software solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
• Contribute to software architecture and detailed design ownership.
• Lead code, design and technical reviews.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, architects, data scientists and customers.
• Promote Secure by Design, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.
• Support planning, estimation, risk management and delivery.

Skills

C++

C#

Python

Java

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containerisation

DevSecOps tooling

Job description

Leonardo’s Information Advantage team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide the design, development, integration and delivery of secure, high-quality software across mission-critical aerospace, defence and security applications. You will balance hands-on coding with technical leadership across a multi-site UK program.

You’ll lead a team through architecture reviews, code reviews and integration, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with systems engineers, data scientists and