Lead Software Engineer

LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER - JAVA

About The Client:

My clients are an innovative tech consultancy - a team of problem solvers. Since 1993 they've been finding better ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world's leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

They bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and experiences in a collaborative and open culture to deliver outstanding outcomes for their clients, and a stimulating and rewarding environment for their people.

Their clients tell them that their people are the best they've worked with - not only because of their professional ability, but also their behaviour and attitude.

As a Technical Lead, you will exemplify these characteristics, bringing successful outcomes for their clients, and inspiring other engineers to follow.

About the Role:

As Technical Lead you will frequently be working directly with client stakeholders and other senior team members, contributing to discussions on multiple facets of your project, such as functional requirements, technical strategy, solution architecture, and delivery.

The Developers in your team will look to you for leadership, guidance, and support. You will ensure the development team functions well, with effective collaboration and high-quality output. You will lead by example and inspire them to embrace new challenges, gain new skills, and to deliver great software for the client.

Your role on a project may include some hands-on development responsibility, and you will be expected to be highly proficient working in your main tech stack, and keen to pick up other technologies as required.

About You:

• You have energy and a pragmatic, delivery-focused attitude that wins the respect of those around you and makes you a trusted technical advisor and contributor.
• A collaborative environment spurs you on, and you get a kick out of delivering high-quality, fully-tested, working software, together with the team.
• You are recognised by your peers as a talented engineer, driven by your love of technology.
• You are always looking for ways to expand your knowledge and grow your own skills, and enjoy bringing others along with you as a mentor and leader.
• You are self-sufficient, self-motivated, and strive for a successful outcome.
• You love nothing more than grabbing a pen and whiteboarding the next challenge

What you'll bring to the table:

• Experience leading a team of developers
• Excellent knowledge of Java (up to JDK 11), plus related tools and technologies and open-source libraries such as Spring, Hibernate.
• Solid understanding of the fundamentals of computing (e.g. logic, data structures, algorithms, low-level architecture, systems infrastructure, network stack).
• Strong Object-Oriented design skills, and experience with Java 8 functional style.
• Hands-on with tools and practices that support the DevOps approach, including source control, build pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring, security.
• Strong experience of Cloud computing - AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Developing and deploying microservices solutions within a serverless or container-based architecture.

What you'll get in return:

• A collaborative and inspiring environment working alongside some of the best tech people in the industry
• Hybrid working - you can vary your working location to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need it
• Training opportunities and incentives - we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles
• Flexible benefits allowance - you can spend on additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more…
• We partner with Lifeworks to offer wellbeing support to our employees
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Giving back - the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discounts - we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme

What to do next:

If this piques your interest, please apply with an up-to-date CV or contact Ben Slater using the details provided below:

📧 b.slater @ ioassociates .co.uk
☎️ 0117 409 0748