Lead Software Engineer

Client Engagements

Engineering Discipline

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience leading Full Stack Engineering teams, with advanced skills in .NET or Java or Python, plus modern JavaScript libraries.
• Proven track record of taking technical ownership of large-scale services, including architecture, design, and delivery across the full lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of architectural and design patterns (serverless, microservices), with ability to lead and assure their application.
• Experience leading delivery in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD), providing technical guidance and contributing to planning and estimation.
• Hands-on expertise the cloud, delivering scalable, secure, and well-architected solutions.
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers, enabling high-quality, efficient delivery.
• Strong client engagement skills, able to advise on technical direction and build trusted relationships.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or Terraform.

Desirable Skills

• Consultancy experience, engaging with external stakeholders and clients.
• Exposure to public sector projects and delivery in complex organisational environments.

Key abilities that are necessary for success

Benefits

• Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.
• These can include:
• InformedACADEMY™ – We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
• Hybrid working*
• Private Health Care Cover*
• Generous life assurance cover*
• Gym Membership*
• Monthly office lunch
• Onsite massage sessions
• 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
• Company Pension Contribution
• Profit Share Scheme
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• *Qualifying period applies
• Culture
• We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian.
• We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times.
• We’re a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important.
• Our workplace culture reflects how we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.