Software Engineering Team Lead

Job Title: Software Engineering Team Lead

Location: Gloucester, United Kingdom

Clearance Required: SC to start / eDV

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Monday Thursday

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly capable Software Engineering Team Lead to join a well-established and technically advanced programme. This position offers a chance to combine technical expertise with team leadership, delivering secure, high-quality software solutions in a mission-focused environment.

We are looking for someone with a strong software engineering background and hands-on experience in modern practices such as DevSecOps, cloud migration, microservices architecture, and infrastructure as code. In this role, you will provide both technical direction and personnel leadership, supporting the development of innovative, scalable systems, while mentoring a talented team of engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-functional software team, providing day-to-day technical guidance and staff management.
• Take ownership of planning, task assignment, and performance feedback.
• Oversee delivery of high-assurance, secure software in line with stakeholder expectations.
• Foster a collaborative and innovation-led culture, encouraging engineering excellence.
• Engage with customer and internal teams to align approaches, standardise practices, and drive improvements.
• Support engineering lifecycle activities including architecture, development, deployment, and testing.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency in one or more software languages: Java, C/C++, Python, TypeScript, ReactJS
• Understanding of modern engineering practices: DevSecOps, cloud platforms, IaC tools, SRE
• Experience working with microservice architectures and containerised environments.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a team.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in Agile or Kanban environments.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence cutting-edge technology while developing leadership skills crucial to future senior roles. You'll play a key part in the design and delivery of high-impact systems that make a real-world difference.

PLEASE NOTE: SC clearance is required to start. eDV clearance will be required later on, therefore all applicants must be eligeable for the eDV clearance process (the process can take 6 - 18 months).

For more information on this role, please contact Daiane on (phone number removed) or send your CV to (url removed)

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