Lead Software Engineer (Java)

Manchester
5 days ago
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My client are a prestigious government organisation, seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead / direct a team of Java Developers.

Contract Length:12 Months

Location: Leeds / Manchester / Newcastle - 60 % in the office

IR35: in scope

Pay Rate to Candidate: Up to £750 per day DOE

Security Clearance: BPSS but candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance

The successful candidate will:

  • Lead or direct a team of Java Developers.

  • Build a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment, implementing API's for internal and external use.

  • Take part in 2nd-line support of applications and platforms and help build server-side web applications. Be able to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

  • Maintain system administration and configuration management skills with experience in handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage.

  • Build a scale high-traffic websites and maintain an understanding of web architecture. Knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X

    Essential Skills

  • Significant demonstrable experience in one or both of: modern software engineering for digital products (ideally Java, microservice architectures, Hexagonal software architecture, Mongo and Kafka);

  • OR designing and implementing modern cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and automation (ideally AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI, Jenkins)

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