Our client is a global defence and technology company.
Lead Software Engineer
Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands
Salary: £61,500 - £78,800
The Role:
The Lead Software Engineer will play a critical role in both the sustainment of the current environment and the delivery of new capabilities. The selected individual will develop solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or disciplines; regularly employ ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives.
As a Software Engineer in our client, you will be immersed in one of our key programmes. On behalf of our central government customer, you will have direct impact on the current and future iterations of one of our most important pieces of critical national infrastructure.
This is a technical leadership role . The individual will drive delivery, lead technical decision-making, collaborate with engineers and architects, and act as the visible technical representative of the software team.
What will I be doing?
Provide technical leadership for the software team collaborating with architects to contribute to and understand solution approach, guiding implementation, and making sound engineering decisions that balance delivery, quality, and operational risk.
Provide technical leadership across delivery and engineering practices, ensuring agreed standards and processes are applied consistently throughout the project lifecycle.
Develop, debug, test, document, and deploy software enhancements aligned with the Software Development Strategy.
Lead delivery , covering: Java-based backend services and APIs that process system business events and workflows, integrating with downstream systems and data services in a secure, highly available environment.
Drive strong engineering practices across the team
Ensure adherence to established code review standards
Ensure defined quality gates are consistently met for the project
Promote clean, maintainable, well-documented code
Guide system design and development by analysing information needs, system flows, data usage, and work processes, and translating these into practical implementation approaches.
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Lead Software Engineer in Farnborough employer: Hackajob
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