Lead Software Engineer & Tech Team Mentor (Consultant)

Kainos; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) in the United Kingdom to steer teams and deliver high-quality solutions that delight customers worldwide. In a fast-paced environment, you will make sound technical decisions and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with colleagues to learn and grow.

The role emphasises technical leadership across all layers of an application, including architecture, estimation, and product planning.

Qualifications

• Must hold active SC Clearance
• Expertise in designing, building, testing and maintaining modern software applications
• Technical leadership of teams building and testing modern, scalable, secure, performant applications in line with software development principles, practices and patterns e.g. XP, TDD
• Experience of technical ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation
• Expertise in software design and development across all layers of an application
• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.
• Experience with the latest Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques

Responsibilities

• Lead teams and develop high-quality software solutions
• Manage, coach and develop staff and their career progression
• Provide direction and leadership for the team and project
• Interact with customers and mentor those around you

Skills

Active security clearance

Software design

Technical leadership

Product ownership

XP/TDD

CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) in the United Kingdom to steer teams and deliver high-quality solutions that delight customers worldwide. In a fast-paced environment, you will make sound technical decisions and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with colleagues to learn and grow.

The role emphasises technical leadership across all layers of an application, including architecture, estimation, and product planning.