Lead Software Engineer (Java, AWS) - Contract Role - Inside IR35

The Very Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Very Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for an initial 6 Month Contract (Inside IR35). The role is on-site at Speke HQ two days a week, working within FS squads to deliver secure, scalable software in line with TVG Engineering standards.

You will provide technical leadership across multiple squads, mentor engineers, influence architecture and technology choices, and drive continuous improvement in a DevSecOps environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering software in lean, agile DevSecOps squads.
• Proficiency in multiple languages, frameworks, and modern tooling.
• Experience providing clear technology leadership and decisions.
• Experience building and managing complex software architectures across multi-cloud environments.
• Experience delivering secure, reliable, scalable, highly available software.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Comfortable sharing stories to build The Very Group brand.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach software engineers to excel and grow skills.
• Champion the SDLC standards and reusable components with Engineering Managers.
• Maintain a high-performing team and foster a collaborative culture.
• Lead software technology selection for the squads you work with.
• Act as a technical expert across sub-communities and tech leaders.
• Identify cost-optimisation opportunities proactively.

Job description

Role Purpose

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer for an initial 6 Month Contract (Inside IR35) - this role will be onsite 2 days a week in our Speke HQ working in our FS squads.

The Lead Engineer is a key role within a Software or Data Engineering sub-community providing technical leadership and guidance to Engineers across all squads working with them to deliver and maintain production ready, secure, stable, and performant code in line with TVG Engineering standards in a DevSecOps manner.

They lead by example and play an active part of software design, coding, reviews, testing, and debugging.

They are at the forefront of solving challenging technical problems, and are responsible for software engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement within the sub-community across all squads they work with.

Scope of Role

Leadership:

• Technical mentor and coach to Software/Data Engineers empowering them to excel in their roles and grow their skills.
• Champions the adoption of relevant standards such as TVG’s SDLC, development of re-usable components, and generation of technical product roadmaps in collaboration with Engineering Managers and Architects.
• Plays an active role in maintaining a high performing software engineering team and contributes to a positive and inclusive culture where collaboration, open communication, and knowledge sharing are the norm and highly valued.
• Play a leading role in the Software technology selection for the squads they work with.
• The role is one of a technical expert and leader rather than people manager and may involve task management at times.

Nature and Area of impact:

• The Lead Engineer works with peers in other sub-communities and other Technology leaders to advance TVG’s Tech landscape in a manner that is aligned across the Community and is aligned to current standards and policies.

Responsible for ensuring technology is right sized and pro-actively identifying cost optimisation opportunities.

About you

• Significant experience of delivery of software solutions in squads operating in a lean, agile, DevSecOps based environment, in a senior or leadership role.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and modern software engineering tooling.
• Demonstrable experience of providing clear technology leadership, direction and decision making for a whole team.
• Experience of building, integrating, maintaining, and managing complex software architectures (both build and bought), ideally across multi-cloud environments.
• Experience of building software applications that have security, reliability, scalability, high availability, and concurrency built-in from the outset.
• A strong collaborator, communicator, and decision maker.
• Confident and comfortable to share stories internally and externally to build our Very Group brand and credibility to attract and retain talent.

Equal opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.