Lead Software Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee the design, development, and implementation of scalable full-stack solutions.

• Offer technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to engineering teams.

• Advocate for engineering best practices, coding standards, and knowledge sharing.

• Lead technical decision-making processes and assist in technology selection.

• Promote DevOps methodologies, automated testing, and continuous delivery practices.

• Plan and spearhead the implementation of complex features and user stories.

• Collaborate effectively with architects, product managers, business analysts, testers, and client stakeholders.

• Take ownership of technical delivery, ensuring alignment with business and user requirements.

• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and technical design discussions.

• Engage in release planning, deployments, and production support activities.

• Maintain ownership of production services developed by the team.

• Enhance robustness, resilience, observability, performance, and operational stability.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure quality assurance standards are met.

• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges and execute root cause analysis.

• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners.

• Participate in show-and-tell sessions, demonstrations, and technical workshops.

• Contribute to broader engineering and developer communities.

• Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in developing cloud-native applications utilizing TypeScript and Node.js.

• Strong comprehension of full-stack software development principles and contemporary engineering practices.

• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.

• Solid knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming concepts.

• Proficient with CI/CD tools, containerization technologies, frontend frameworks like React, and Java frameworks including Spring and Hibernate.

• Proven experience using AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically using Terraform.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Experience with PostgreSQL and relational database design.

• Knowledge in data modeling, performance optimization, and database management.

• Experience in integrating services across complex enterprise environments.

• Experience working within Agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in client-facing roles.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Figma.

• Eligibility for SC clearance is a prerequisite.

• Desirable: experience in Scala and/or Java development.

• Desirable: experience providing services within UK Public Sector or Government Digital Service settings.

• Desirable: understanding of Government Technology Code of Practice and Service Standards.

• Desirable: experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

• Desirable: knowledge of monitoring, observability, and operational support practices in production settings.

• Desirable: experience leading distributed or multi-supplier teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pension Scheme with contributions matched up to 10%.

• Private medical insurance coverage.

• Income Protection plan.

• Life Assurance coverage.

• 25 days of paid leave plus National Holidays.

• Flex benefits program available.

• Reasonable adjustments offered during the application and assessment process.

• Support as a Disability Confident employer.

• Care leaver friendly employer support.