Sets technical direction and owns hands-on engineering for analytics and knowledge management systems, shaping architecture, quality, reliability, and AI-assisted document ingestion and retrieval across backend and frontend services.
Lead Developer
📜 Description
- Engage in the full development life cycle in a client-facing role.
- Work within small, multidisciplinary teams to tackle challenging software issues.
- Mentor colleagues and take ownership of significant projects.
- Embrace a technology-agnostic approach using the right tools for each job.
- Collaborate effectively and communicate strong ideas.
- Explore new technologies and grow your skill set.
🛠️ Requirements
- Good experience in at least one of Python, Java, C#/.NET, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach.
- Understanding of designing and building maintainable systems.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Willingness to learn new skills and embrace challenges.
✨ Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days with each year of service.
- Generous family leave policies.
- Access to an employer pension scheme, and Group Life Assurance.
- A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme.
- A meaningful approach to evaluating your performance and providing feedback on your progress.
Full job description
Lead Software Engineer
We work with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and expert advice.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development life cycle. You’ll typically work in small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams, solving tough software problems. You’ll have the opportunity to further develop your career mentoring colleagues, advising our clients, and taking ownership of significant pieces of work.
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for passionate, proactive technologists. We are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling and frameworks for the job. That means we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset, but we value the following:
What you’ll get in return is
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