Software Engineering Lead AWS Developer Professional Cheltenham, GB

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centres (Delivery Centres), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centres offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year; no one off annual reviews here
• A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognised certifications
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, 1 month paid paternity leave, 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday, a gym discount scheme, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your role and responsibilities:

IBM is currently seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Developer to join our team, with a focus on serving the public sector. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in full-stack development, with a strong preference for those well-versed in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

As a Lead Developer, you will guide IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customised systems in an agile environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of developers in designing, coding, testing, and implementing new software applications or significant enhancements to existing ones.
• Oversee the entire software development life cycle, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in accordance with quality standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope and objectives, and translate them into technical requirements.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Leverage your AWS expertise to design, deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrate leadership by driving best practices and enhancing development processes.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience as a Lead Developer or similar role, with a minimum of 5 years in software development.
• In-depth knowledge of full-stack development, including front-end and back-end technologies.
• Extensive experience working in the public sector, understanding its unique challenges and requirements.
• Proficiency with AWS services, including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and more. Experience with serverless architectures is a plus.
• Strong leadership and team management skills. Ability to motivate and coach team members effectively.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think algorithmically.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field. An advanced degree would be advantageous.

Desirable Certifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional level.
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate or Professional level.
• Any relevant IBM certifications would be beneficial.

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.