Lead Software Engineers

DWP Digital; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for ServiceNow to lead a team delivering government-scale applications. You will set engineering standards, mentor teams, and provide technical guidance across multiple ServiceNow modules, ensuring quality and alignment with corporate goals.

You will be the pivotal point for technical direction, enabling collaboration across teams, removing blockers, and shaping the future of digital services for the department.

Qualifications

• Must hold ServiceNow Certified System Administrator.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define standards for the Engineering community and drive adoption across teams.
• Enable multiple teams, promote consistency, speed and quality, and remove technical blockers.
• Influence future delivery strategy as part of the Leadership Team and guide the engineering community through change.
• Self-organise to set priorities and lead with direction across multiple teams.

Skills

ServiceNow

Team leadership

Software engineering

Mentoring

Governance

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Are you capable of leading & mentoring engineering teams while helping to shape and deliver services? Are you an experienced ServiceNow Software Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? You will lead a team within Department for Work and pensions (DWP) working on one of the largest government installations of ServiceNow within Europe. You will be responsible for ensuring that application development meets standards and requirements within ServiceNow across multiple modules, acting as an initial point of contact for technical guidance within the Corporate Centre Services Federated Team. The platform currently supports circa 120,000 colleagues across the multiple ServiceNow modules and applications, exposing us regularly to a wide range of different challenges and opportunities within the ServiceNow ecosphere. The successful candidate will join DWP Digital and be an integral part in directing and determining how we build the technology solutions of the future that will enable us to realise our key mission and passion. What really excites the successful candidate is problem-solving and the opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for users. If this sounds like you, apply today! Please note: Holding a ServiceNow Certified System Administrator qualification is a mandatory requirement for this role. Evidence of the qualification will be required at interview stage. Our Lead Software Engineers are experts in their field, role models in software craftsmanship and have proven experience in the design, development and support of software products. You will:

• Define standards for the Engineering community and lead their adoption across teams to deliver quality software products.
• Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider community.
• Influence our future vision for delivery as part of the Leadership Team and then take ownership for bringing the engineering community on that journey.
• Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities.
• Be capable of diving in where necessary, but the focus of this role will be to lead and set direction for multiple engineering teams effectively and successfully.