Lead Java Engineer
- salford, england, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- £90 - £130 Per Hour
Job Description
This role is for leading Critical National Infrastructure applications within Migration and Borders Portfolio.
The Lead Engineer will drive the technical delivery of their team,managingtheir workload and ensuring the right skills are available. You willbe responsible forthe work undertaken by your Developers and DevOpsstaff andwill be expected to work with Seniors and Principals to ensure that services produced are best practice. You should have a solid technical background and will be able to apply these skills if required to provide guidance to your team. You will alsomaintaina broad perspective, monitoringtechnologydevelopments such that you can support strategy formation.
Along with the other Senior, Lead and PrincipalEngineers in your area you willbe responsible forensuring that all technical approaches being used areappropriateandendorsed, andwill take part in planning with senior stakeholders to make sure that product delivery and maintenance is on a firm basis. Your remit may be across the engineering functionbut working closely with Architects and other professions.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We would particularly welcomeapplications from candidates with strong experience in:
- Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongo DB
- DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, Github Actions
- AI:GithubCopilot, OpenAI, Claude Code
Main Responsibilities
Yourmainday-to-day responsibilities will be:
- Leading theday to dayactivities of engineers in your team, ensuring everyone is working effectively and efficiently;reporting any impediments.
- Coaching your team as well as Supporting Continuous ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD) and encouraging formal professional qualifications.
- Supporting capability build in yourteam and in the organisation.
- Taking a hands-on role with engineering delivery when necessary, blending your leadership and technical tasks to achieve teamobjectives.
- Ensuring appropriate methods are being used, as well as leading efforts to identify improved tools/technologies.
- Leadership of the Java and React softwaredevelopment in teams.