Job Responsibilities: Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations, focusing on stability, performance, security, and compliance Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, client, and third parties to ensure secure and reliable customer experiences Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, or Go Build and support cloud platforms for application click apply for full job details
May 05, 2026
Contractor
Job Responsibilities: Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations, focusing on stability, performance, security, and compliance Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, client, and third parties to ensure secure and reliable customer experiences Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, or Go Build and support cloud platforms for application click apply for full job details
Location Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York. Existing CO staff can work in the their original contractual work location. Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. External candidates can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. About the job Job summary We're seeking a Software Developer experienced in back end (with focus on data pipelines) as well as wider technologies. You can code in Python and have experience of ETL systems e.g., Apache Spark or similar. During the interview, it will be beneficial to share and walk the panel through any historic code you have written. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting project in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Automation and Data analysis The ideal candidate will be proactive and collaborative, with a passion for clean, maintainable code and modern development practices. They are familiar with AGILE methodology, but are equally able to take ownership for key deliverables and can deliver autonomously. Knowledge working with AI solution implementation is advantageous but not essential. Job description You will join the Cabinet Office Digital, Data, Insights and AI team as a Software Developer in a multidisciplinary Agile team, delivering services for a large data warehouse and analytics platform (GRID). As a software engineer, you will initially have a core focus on back-end development. You will: Lead development of data engineering requirements from requirement through to live support. Complete information assurance activities for data transfers containing sensitive data (e.g., Data Protection Impact Assessments, Privacy Notices). Carry out performance and incident monitoring to ensure the smooth running of data services. Support the wider team with broader priorities, including front-end design. Coach and mentor junior developers, sharing good engineering practices. The role responsibility may slowly change over time. Your main focus will be: Python and Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes. You will require knowledge of: PySpark (AWS Glue) to build scalable data pipelines. AWS Lake Formation to implement Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). Apache Iceberg to store data and optimise query performance. Key broader technologies used by the wider team: Python as the primary programming language for general tasks. TypeScript to design front-end services using React. JavaScript/Node.js for backend services. YAML/JSON (CloudFormation) and Terraform (HCL) for infrastructure as code. Terraform, CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions for infrastructure deployment. Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting digital services. Kubernetes and Docker for containerisation. Apache Iceberg, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Redis as databases. OpenSearch for vector stores used for storing and querying high-dimensional embeddings. Knowledge graphs, including the use of triplestores for storing and querying RDF data. Amazon Bedrock for hosting LLMs. GOV.UK Design System for interface design. Person specification This role is aligned with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, Software Developer role: Availability and capacity management You can (working knowledge): Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and key performance indicators (KPIs). Development process optimisation You can (awareness): Explain the importance of developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised Support specific activities to improve development processes Identify obvious deficiencies. Information security You can (practitioner): Design solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats. Modern development standards You can (practitioner): Apply modern development standards and support others in applying them. Programming and build (software engineering) You can (practitioner): Collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications Use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. Prototyping: You can (practitioner): Approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others Establish design patterns and iterate them Use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. Service support You can (working knowledge): Help fix service faults following agreed procedures Carry out maintenance tasks on service support infrastructure. Systems design You can (working knowledge): Translate logical designs into physical designs Produce detailed designs Effectively document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate Design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact Work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns. Systems integration You can (working knowledge): Build and test simple interfaces between systems Work on more complex integration as part of a wider team. User focus You can (practitioner): Collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user Champion user research to focus on all users Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Location Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York. Existing CO staff can work in the their original contractual work location. Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. External candidates can work in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & York. About the job Job summary We're seeking a Software Developer experienced in back end (with focus on data pipelines) as well as wider technologies. You can code in Python and have experience of ETL systems e.g., Apache Spark or similar. During the interview, it will be beneficial to share and walk the panel through any historic code you have written. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting project in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Automation and Data analysis The ideal candidate will be proactive and collaborative, with a passion for clean, maintainable code and modern development practices. They are familiar with AGILE methodology, but are equally able to take ownership for key deliverables and can deliver autonomously. Knowledge working with AI solution implementation is advantageous but not essential. Job description You will join the Cabinet Office Digital, Data, Insights and AI team as a Software Developer in a multidisciplinary Agile team, delivering services for a large data warehouse and analytics platform (GRID). As a software engineer, you will initially have a core focus on back-end development. You will: Lead development of data engineering requirements from requirement through to live support. Complete information assurance activities for data transfers containing sensitive data (e.g., Data Protection Impact Assessments, Privacy Notices). Carry out performance and incident monitoring to ensure the smooth running of data services. Support the wider team with broader priorities, including front-end design. Coach and mentor junior developers, sharing good engineering practices. The role responsibility may slowly change over time. Your main focus will be: Python and Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes. You will require knowledge of: PySpark (AWS Glue) to build scalable data pipelines. AWS Lake Formation to implement Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). Apache Iceberg to store data and optimise query performance. Key broader technologies used by the wider team: Python as the primary programming language for general tasks. TypeScript to design front-end services using React. JavaScript/Node.js for backend services. YAML/JSON (CloudFormation) and Terraform (HCL) for infrastructure as code. Terraform, CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions for infrastructure deployment. Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting digital services. Kubernetes and Docker for containerisation. Apache Iceberg, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Redis as databases. OpenSearch for vector stores used for storing and querying high-dimensional embeddings. Knowledge graphs, including the use of triplestores for storing and querying RDF data. Amazon Bedrock for hosting LLMs. GOV.UK Design System for interface design. Person specification This role is aligned with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, Software Developer role: Availability and capacity management You can (working knowledge): Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and key performance indicators (KPIs). Development process optimisation You can (awareness): Explain the importance of developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised Support specific activities to improve development processes Identify obvious deficiencies. Information security You can (practitioner): Design solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats. Modern development standards You can (practitioner): Apply modern development standards and support others in applying them. Programming and build (software engineering) You can (practitioner): Collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications Use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. Prototyping: You can (practitioner): Approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others Establish design patterns and iterate them Use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. Service support You can (working knowledge): Help fix service faults following agreed procedures Carry out maintenance tasks on service support infrastructure. Systems design You can (working knowledge): Translate logical designs into physical designs Produce detailed designs Effectively document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate Design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact Work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns. Systems integration You can (working knowledge): Build and test simple interfaces between systems Work on more complex integration as part of a wider team. User focus You can (practitioner): Collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user Champion user research to focus on all users Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.
Location Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View, Telford - Plaza 1 and 2, Worthing - Teville Gate House, Stratford Please note that due to workforce controls, Newcastle and Stratford are only available to existing HMRC staff in these locations. HMRC staff based in Reading can also apply to move to Stratford in line with Migration path. HMRC staff based in 100PS can also apply to move to Stratford. About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. Shape the Future of HMRC's Technology Platforms About HMRC Almost every individual and business in the UK is a direct customer of HMRC, as we collect the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives people who need it vital financial support. Over recent and coming years, our work never has been, nor will be, more critical as we rebuild and secure our nation's future. With these demands in mind, and as one of the largest and most digitally focussed organisations in the UK, sits the Chief Engineering and Platform Office. About CEPO The Chief Engineering and Platform Office (CEPO) is leading HMRC's technology transformation - simplifying systems, modernising IT delivery, and creating a future-ready digital landscape. Our mission is to reduce complexity by consolidating applications and adopting scalable, service-based solutions from trusted commercial partners. As the strategic authority for platform provision, CEPO ensures HMRC's business groups, products, and services are supported by robust, secure, and innovative infrastructure. We set the direction, lead governance, and guarantee that every live service meets the highest standards - enabling efficient, reliable, and user-focused digital experiences for millions of customers. Job description In this role, you will work across multiple products and platforms, providing strategic test leadership, supporting delivery teams, and influencing senior stakeholders to embed best practice and continuous improvement. As a Lead Test Engineer, you will play a strategic role in shaping and embedding consistent testing best practices across HMRC's complex digital ecosystem. Your responsibilities will include: Leadership & Collaboration Lead, coach, and mentor test engineers across programmes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. Collaborate with product, platform, and delivery teams to ensure testing is integrated early and effectively within agile workflows. Influence and engage with senior stakeholders across HMRC and supplier organisations to drive quality outcomes. Test Strategy & Implementation Define and implement risk-based, shift-left testing strategies across diverse platforms and services. Ensure testing approaches align with business priorities, technical architecture, and delivery timelines. Promote consistent standards and practices across internal teams and third party suppliers. Technical Excellence & Problem Solving Apply advanced testing techniques to solve complex technical challenges and improve delivery confidence. Provide expert guidance on functional, non-functional, and automation testing, including performance, security, and accessibility. Identify and drive opportunities for innovation and efficiency in testing processes. Tooling & Governance Evaluate, implement, and optimise test tooling, including AI-assisted solutions, to support continuous integration and delivery. Establish governance frameworks for supplier-led testing activities, ensuring alignment with HMRC standards and compliance requirements. Support tooling integration with platforms and services. Quality Assurance & Risk Management Ensure quality is built in from the outset by validating requirements and test coverage across the lifecycle. Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance test effectiveness and reduce delivery risk. Produce clear, actionable reports and insights to inform decision-making and assurance activities. Person specification We're looking for a disciplined and technically strong test leader with deep experience in platform engineering and modern automation practices. You'll bring hands on expertise across test automation, CI/CD and cloud based services, enabling you to shape testing approaches that support fast, reliable and secure delivery. You'll confidently guide teams and influence engineering decisions, ensuring testing is embedded early and aligned with DevOps and shift left principles. You must be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, translating complex technical issues into clear insights that drive quality outcomes across a multi team, multi supplier environment. You'll be passionate about good testing practice, proactive in identifying risks, and motivated to coach others in automation, tooling and continuous improvement. Your leadership will help shape the future direction of testing across our platform ecosystem by working closely with product and service owners. Essential Criteria Shapes and influences strategic testing direction by proactively identifying issues, challenging assumptions and collaborating across organisational boundaries, communicating with clarity to guide teams and present recommendations persuasively. Leads complex, multi team testing initiatives across diverse platforms and suppliers, prioritising effectively within fast paced Agile environments. Applies strong analytical and risk based decision making, using data, metrics and structured problem solving to balance quality, risk and delivery. Demonstrates significant hands on technical expertise in automation, security and accessibility testing, CI/CD, cloud technologies and modern tooling (e.g. Python, Scala, Selenium, Playwright, Gatling, ZAP, AXE, Docker, Jenkins, AWS, Jira, Confluence). Champions DevOps and shift left principles, designing robust test strategies for complex platform ecosystems while coaching others and promoting continuous improvement.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Location Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View, Telford - Plaza 1 and 2, Worthing - Teville Gate House, Stratford Please note that due to workforce controls, Newcastle and Stratford are only available to existing HMRC staff in these locations. HMRC staff based in Reading can also apply to move to Stratford in line with Migration path. HMRC staff based in 100PS can also apply to move to Stratford. About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. Shape the Future of HMRC's Technology Platforms About HMRC Almost every individual and business in the UK is a direct customer of HMRC, as we collect the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives people who need it vital financial support. Over recent and coming years, our work never has been, nor will be, more critical as we rebuild and secure our nation's future. With these demands in mind, and as one of the largest and most digitally focussed organisations in the UK, sits the Chief Engineering and Platform Office. About CEPO The Chief Engineering and Platform Office (CEPO) is leading HMRC's technology transformation - simplifying systems, modernising IT delivery, and creating a future-ready digital landscape. Our mission is to reduce complexity by consolidating applications and adopting scalable, service-based solutions from trusted commercial partners. As the strategic authority for platform provision, CEPO ensures HMRC's business groups, products, and services are supported by robust, secure, and innovative infrastructure. We set the direction, lead governance, and guarantee that every live service meets the highest standards - enabling efficient, reliable, and user-focused digital experiences for millions of customers. Job description In this role, you will work across multiple products and platforms, providing strategic test leadership, supporting delivery teams, and influencing senior stakeholders to embed best practice and continuous improvement. As a Lead Test Engineer, you will play a strategic role in shaping and embedding consistent testing best practices across HMRC's complex digital ecosystem. Your responsibilities will include: Leadership & Collaboration Lead, coach, and mentor test engineers across programmes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. Collaborate with product, platform, and delivery teams to ensure testing is integrated early and effectively within agile workflows. Influence and engage with senior stakeholders across HMRC and supplier organisations to drive quality outcomes. Test Strategy & Implementation Define and implement risk-based, shift-left testing strategies across diverse platforms and services. Ensure testing approaches align with business priorities, technical architecture, and delivery timelines. Promote consistent standards and practices across internal teams and third party suppliers. Technical Excellence & Problem Solving Apply advanced testing techniques to solve complex technical challenges and improve delivery confidence. Provide expert guidance on functional, non-functional, and automation testing, including performance, security, and accessibility. Identify and drive opportunities for innovation and efficiency in testing processes. Tooling & Governance Evaluate, implement, and optimise test tooling, including AI-assisted solutions, to support continuous integration and delivery. Establish governance frameworks for supplier-led testing activities, ensuring alignment with HMRC standards and compliance requirements. Support tooling integration with platforms and services. Quality Assurance & Risk Management Ensure quality is built in from the outset by validating requirements and test coverage across the lifecycle. Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance test effectiveness and reduce delivery risk. Produce clear, actionable reports and insights to inform decision-making and assurance activities. Person specification We're looking for a disciplined and technically strong test leader with deep experience in platform engineering and modern automation practices. You'll bring hands on expertise across test automation, CI/CD and cloud based services, enabling you to shape testing approaches that support fast, reliable and secure delivery. You'll confidently guide teams and influence engineering decisions, ensuring testing is embedded early and aligned with DevOps and shift left principles. You must be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, translating complex technical issues into clear insights that drive quality outcomes across a multi team, multi supplier environment. You'll be passionate about good testing practice, proactive in identifying risks, and motivated to coach others in automation, tooling and continuous improvement. Your leadership will help shape the future direction of testing across our platform ecosystem by working closely with product and service owners. Essential Criteria Shapes and influences strategic testing direction by proactively identifying issues, challenging assumptions and collaborating across organisational boundaries, communicating with clarity to guide teams and present recommendations persuasively. Leads complex, multi team testing initiatives across diverse platforms and suppliers, prioritising effectively within fast paced Agile environments. Applies strong analytical and risk based decision making, using data, metrics and structured problem solving to balance quality, risk and delivery. Demonstrates significant hands on technical expertise in automation, security and accessibility testing, CI/CD, cloud technologies and modern tooling (e.g. Python, Scala, Selenium, Playwright, Gatling, ZAP, AXE, Docker, Jenkins, AWS, Jira, Confluence). Champions DevOps and shift left principles, designing robust test strategies for complex platform ecosystems while coaching others and promoting continuous improvement.
Location: Hanslope, Buckinghamshire As a Senior Technical Architect - Networks , you'll design and govern secure, scalable connectivity solutions that support diplomatic, government and overseas operations . About the Digital & Data team The Digital & Data technology team delivers secure, innovative solutions for government partners, from bespoke systems to cloud migrations for entire embassies. This role sits within a cutting edge architecture function , shaping network services across: On premise environments Hybrid and multi cloud platforms (Azure / AWS) Highly regulated and security sensitive estates What you'll be doing As Senior Technical Architect - Networks, you will: Design secure, scalable network architectures across on prem, hybrid and cloud environments Translate complex business and security requirements into clear, high quality designs Define and apply architectural standards, patterns and governance Produce high and low level design artefacts (conceptual, logical, physical) Provide technical assurance across delivery programmes Balance security, performance and cost in complex environments Mentor and guide engineers, architects and delivery teams Actively manage architectural risk and contribute to continuous improvement Stay close to emerging technologies and evolving threats, keeping the network estate future ready Who this role is for This role will suit someone who: Is an experienced network or infrastructure architect Has worked in secure or regulated environments Is confident influencing senior stakeholders and governance forums Enjoys mentoring others and shaping technical communities Can provide calm, evidence based advice when it matters most Essential experience You'll bring: A degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Network Engineering or Telecommunications Proven experience designing secure LAN, WAN and hybrid cloud networks Experience with VMware private cloud and Azure and/or AWS Strong understanding of secure network design and protecting sensitive data Experience leading architectural governance and reviewing complex solutions Ability to communicate complex technical topics to technical and non technical audiences Holding (or willingness to work towards) certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, CCNP or equivalent Interested? This post provides the overview. Click through to the full FCDO Services job advert to view full details and apply.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Location: Hanslope, Buckinghamshire As a Senior Technical Architect - Networks , you'll design and govern secure, scalable connectivity solutions that support diplomatic, government and overseas operations . About the Digital & Data team The Digital & Data technology team delivers secure, innovative solutions for government partners, from bespoke systems to cloud migrations for entire embassies. This role sits within a cutting edge architecture function , shaping network services across: On premise environments Hybrid and multi cloud platforms (Azure / AWS) Highly regulated and security sensitive estates What you'll be doing As Senior Technical Architect - Networks, you will: Design secure, scalable network architectures across on prem, hybrid and cloud environments Translate complex business and security requirements into clear, high quality designs Define and apply architectural standards, patterns and governance Produce high and low level design artefacts (conceptual, logical, physical) Provide technical assurance across delivery programmes Balance security, performance and cost in complex environments Mentor and guide engineers, architects and delivery teams Actively manage architectural risk and contribute to continuous improvement Stay close to emerging technologies and evolving threats, keeping the network estate future ready Who this role is for This role will suit someone who: Is an experienced network or infrastructure architect Has worked in secure or regulated environments Is confident influencing senior stakeholders and governance forums Enjoys mentoring others and shaping technical communities Can provide calm, evidence based advice when it matters most Essential experience You'll bring: A degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Network Engineering or Telecommunications Proven experience designing secure LAN, WAN and hybrid cloud networks Experience with VMware private cloud and Azure and/or AWS Strong understanding of secure network design and protecting sensitive data Experience leading architectural governance and reviewing complex solutions Ability to communicate complex technical topics to technical and non technical audiences Holding (or willingness to work towards) certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, CCNP or equivalent Interested? This post provides the overview. Click through to the full FCDO Services job advert to view full details and apply.
Location: Swansea This is a senior architecture role at a time when DVLA is rebuilding services on a cloud first platform , using containers, serverless technologies and modern CI/CD tooling . If you enjoy setting direction, shaping design governance, and influencing delivery across multiple teams, this is a great moment to join. What you'll be working on You'll work alongside service designers and agile software teams, defining and assuring solution architectures across multiple programmes , and helping DVLA deliver secure, scalable services at pace. You'll also work across organisational boundaries (including DfT and wider government) to support alignment and interoperability where it adds value. What you'll be doing As a Principal Technical Architect, you will: Provide technical design leadership and governance across a programme of work Define and assure solution architectures, ensuring alignment to enterprise/reference architectures and strategic direction Establish and maintain architectural governance so designs are robust, consistent, and supportable Support multiple teams by sharing best practice and emerging technologies Ensure security is designed in, working with security architecture and agreed standards Inspire and mentor other architects, and provide leadership across the architecture community Engage senior stakeholders confidently and communicate decisions clearly Who this role is for This role could be a great fit if you: Have a strong architecture/engineering background and have led enterprise, cloud based solutions Can set a cross project vision (principles, patterns, target state) and translate business goals into a technical roadmap Understand programme level risk (dependencies, technical debt, scalability, compliance) Enjoy improving governance processes and enabling teams to deliver safely at pace Are confident influencing senior leaders and explaining complex technical topics to mixed audiences What you'll bring You'll likely have experience with: Designing/building cloud native solutions (e.g., AWS) Secure design and protecting sensitive data Leading technical direction across multiple teams and stakeholders Interested? This post is a snapshot. Click through to the full Civil Service Jobs advert to read the full role profile and apply
May 05, 2026
Full time
Location: Swansea This is a senior architecture role at a time when DVLA is rebuilding services on a cloud first platform , using containers, serverless technologies and modern CI/CD tooling . If you enjoy setting direction, shaping design governance, and influencing delivery across multiple teams, this is a great moment to join. What you'll be working on You'll work alongside service designers and agile software teams, defining and assuring solution architectures across multiple programmes , and helping DVLA deliver secure, scalable services at pace. You'll also work across organisational boundaries (including DfT and wider government) to support alignment and interoperability where it adds value. What you'll be doing As a Principal Technical Architect, you will: Provide technical design leadership and governance across a programme of work Define and assure solution architectures, ensuring alignment to enterprise/reference architectures and strategic direction Establish and maintain architectural governance so designs are robust, consistent, and supportable Support multiple teams by sharing best practice and emerging technologies Ensure security is designed in, working with security architecture and agreed standards Inspire and mentor other architects, and provide leadership across the architecture community Engage senior stakeholders confidently and communicate decisions clearly Who this role is for This role could be a great fit if you: Have a strong architecture/engineering background and have led enterprise, cloud based solutions Can set a cross project vision (principles, patterns, target state) and translate business goals into a technical roadmap Understand programme level risk (dependencies, technical debt, scalability, compliance) Enjoy improving governance processes and enabling teams to deliver safely at pace Are confident influencing senior leaders and explaining complex technical topics to mixed audiences What you'll bring You'll likely have experience with: Designing/building cloud native solutions (e.g., AWS) Secure design and protecting sensitive data Leading technical direction across multiple teams and stakeholders Interested? This post is a snapshot. Click through to the full Civil Service Jobs advert to read the full role profile and apply
Location: London Use data engineering to help keep the UK safe We're looking for Data Engineers with hands on experience designing and building data solutions to join multidisciplinary product teams delivering secure, high impact systems at the heart of UK national security. The role As a Data Engineer, you'll sit within a multidisciplinary product team , working alongside software engineers, data scientists, product owners, business analysts and delivery managers. You'll design, build and operate secure data applications and products , using a mix of modern cloud technologies, on premise platforms and long established systems. You'll follow Agile and DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable solutions that support MI5's critical operations. What you'll be doing In this role, you will: Design and implement moderate to complex data pipelines and data flows Build and manage data integration solutions across multiple sources Support analytics, business intelligence and investigative capabilities Work closely with users to deliver new features and improve existing products Identify and fix defects, creating automated tests to maintain assurance Take ownership of complex problems, breaking them down and prioritising delivery Apply modern engineering approaches, including CI/CD and Agile practices Share knowledge, mentor colleagues and help define what good looks like Contribute to Communities of Practice and cross organisation initiatives The technology Our tech stacks vary by product and may include: SQL and NoSQL databases Commercial and bespoke platforms Data processing and integration tools such as AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Airbyte, NiFi, Fivetran or similar Programming languages including Python, Java, SQL, Scala, PL/SQL or SAS Data and analytics tools such as Jupyter, Kibana, SAS and AWS services You'll work with a wide range of data models and formats , from structured and unstructured data to geo enabled and graph based models. Who we're looking for You'll be someone who can demonstrate: Experience delivering data engineering solutions within a development team Confidence designing and implementing data integration and processing pipelines Comfort learning and using a wide range of technologies Experience working with Agile and CI/CD approaches An understanding of good design patterns and secure engineering practices Strong communication skills with both technical and non technical colleagues A willingness to support and mentor others in an inclusive environment Interested? Apply via Civil Service Jobs to see full details, including the selection process and security requirements.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Location: London Use data engineering to help keep the UK safe We're looking for Data Engineers with hands on experience designing and building data solutions to join multidisciplinary product teams delivering secure, high impact systems at the heart of UK national security. The role As a Data Engineer, you'll sit within a multidisciplinary product team , working alongside software engineers, data scientists, product owners, business analysts and delivery managers. You'll design, build and operate secure data applications and products , using a mix of modern cloud technologies, on premise platforms and long established systems. You'll follow Agile and DevSecOps principles to deliver reliable solutions that support MI5's critical operations. What you'll be doing In this role, you will: Design and implement moderate to complex data pipelines and data flows Build and manage data integration solutions across multiple sources Support analytics, business intelligence and investigative capabilities Work closely with users to deliver new features and improve existing products Identify and fix defects, creating automated tests to maintain assurance Take ownership of complex problems, breaking them down and prioritising delivery Apply modern engineering approaches, including CI/CD and Agile practices Share knowledge, mentor colleagues and help define what good looks like Contribute to Communities of Practice and cross organisation initiatives The technology Our tech stacks vary by product and may include: SQL and NoSQL databases Commercial and bespoke platforms Data processing and integration tools such as AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Airbyte, NiFi, Fivetran or similar Programming languages including Python, Java, SQL, Scala, PL/SQL or SAS Data and analytics tools such as Jupyter, Kibana, SAS and AWS services You'll work with a wide range of data models and formats , from structured and unstructured data to geo enabled and graph based models. Who we're looking for You'll be someone who can demonstrate: Experience delivering data engineering solutions within a development team Confidence designing and implementing data integration and processing pipelines Comfort learning and using a wide range of technologies Experience working with Agile and CI/CD approaches An understanding of good design patterns and secure engineering practices Strong communication skills with both technical and non technical colleagues A willingness to support and mentor others in an inclusive environment Interested? Apply via Civil Service Jobs to see full details, including the selection process and security requirements.
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team At Blue Light Card, we're on a mission to support our millions of members with meaningful digital experiences. We have recently undertaken a replatforming transformation, setting the foundations to tackle exciting greenfield projects and further enhance the experience for our members. With plenty of opportunities ahead, we're looking for talented engineers who are eager to make an impact. Collaboration is at the heart of our work, we partner closely with the Product team in an agile squad structure, focusing on key outcomes such as share of wallet, personalisation, member growth & engagement, and platform evolution. What You'll Do Drive improvements through experimentation and A/B testing to ensure our application remains technologically relevant Take full ownership of your domain, contributing your expertise to foster a collaborative and innovative team culture Task delivery and solution design for mid-sized features and engineering problems, consistently questioning choices to actively contribute to continuous delivery and improvement Proactively share the benefits of your experience with the team, nurturing them and acting as a mentor to junior engineers Actively demonstrate resourcefulness and problem-solving skills Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a continuous delivery pipeline, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery What You'll Bring Extensive experience in our modern technology stack which includes React, Node.js and Typescript Experience with the AWS services such as Amazon Cognito, DynamoDB Lambda, S3, Eventbridge, AppSync, API Gateway and SQS Experience using Serverless stack to build and deploy serverless applications into AWS cloud Exceptional communication skills within the team and across technical and non-technical stakeholders A passion for mentoring junior engineer, sharing knowledge, and cultivating a collaborative learning environment Flexible and adaptable problem-solving skills, capable of adjusting strategies in response to changing priorities and evolving business needs Proactive approach to seeking opportunities for process improvement, leveraging feedback loops to enhance team efficiency and project outcomes Ability to thrive in complex and ambiguous situations, navigating uncertainties and turning challenges into opportunities Our Culture Our mission is simple - make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. It's what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service. We don't just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve. We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers - either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team, we aim to be flexible, but we aren't able to offer fully remote working. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite at HQ 25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, and a buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days A company bonus scheme Your own Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts Great social events e.g., festive party, summer party, team socials, sports matches Regular company-wide recognition events e.g. Monthly Light's Up and The Shine awards Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free drinks/snacks) Onsite gym at HQ (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Strong learning and development culture Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced parental leave and absence leave Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) and mental health first aiders
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team At Blue Light Card, we're on a mission to support our millions of members with meaningful digital experiences. We have recently undertaken a replatforming transformation, setting the foundations to tackle exciting greenfield projects and further enhance the experience for our members. With plenty of opportunities ahead, we're looking for talented engineers who are eager to make an impact. Collaboration is at the heart of our work, we partner closely with the Product team in an agile squad structure, focusing on key outcomes such as share of wallet, personalisation, member growth & engagement, and platform evolution. What You'll Do Drive improvements through experimentation and A/B testing to ensure our application remains technologically relevant Take full ownership of your domain, contributing your expertise to foster a collaborative and innovative team culture Task delivery and solution design for mid-sized features and engineering problems, consistently questioning choices to actively contribute to continuous delivery and improvement Proactively share the benefits of your experience with the team, nurturing them and acting as a mentor to junior engineers Actively demonstrate resourcefulness and problem-solving skills Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a continuous delivery pipeline, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery What You'll Bring Extensive experience in our modern technology stack which includes React, Node.js and Typescript Experience with the AWS services such as Amazon Cognito, DynamoDB Lambda, S3, Eventbridge, AppSync, API Gateway and SQS Experience using Serverless stack to build and deploy serverless applications into AWS cloud Exceptional communication skills within the team and across technical and non-technical stakeholders A passion for mentoring junior engineer, sharing knowledge, and cultivating a collaborative learning environment Flexible and adaptable problem-solving skills, capable of adjusting strategies in response to changing priorities and evolving business needs Proactive approach to seeking opportunities for process improvement, leveraging feedback loops to enhance team efficiency and project outcomes Ability to thrive in complex and ambiguous situations, navigating uncertainties and turning challenges into opportunities Our Culture Our mission is simple - make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. It's what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service. We don't just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve. We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers - either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team, we aim to be flexible, but we aren't able to offer fully remote working. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite at HQ 25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, and a buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days A company bonus scheme Your own Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts Great social events e.g., festive party, summer party, team socials, sports matches Regular company-wide recognition events e.g. Monthly Light's Up and The Shine awards Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free drinks/snacks) Onsite gym at HQ (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Strong learning and development culture Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced parental leave and absence leave Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) and mental health first aiders
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team At Blue Light Card, we're opening up multiple opportunities for Full Stack Engineers to join our growing Engineering team. We're committed to building meaningful digital experiences that support millions of frontline workers across the UK. Following our recent replatforming, we've created space for new ideas, greenfield development, and opportunities for engineers who want to genuinely influence the products they build. You'll work within an agile, supportive squad where collaboration is key. Our teams partner closely with Product, Design, and Data to deliver features that enhance personalisation, engagement, and the overall member experience, while giving you room to grow, experiment, and take ownership. What You'll Do Develop high-quality applications across our modern full-stack environment Build new features using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and AWS serverless technologies Contribute to maintaining strong engineering standards, testing practices, and clean code Work collaboratively with Product & Design to refine requirements and deliver predictably Help monitor production systems, resolve issues, and contribute to continuous improvement Participate in agile ceremonies, bringing ideas and insights to help the team evolve Support inclusive decision-making, encouraging diverse perspectives and shared ownership Contribute to our Engineering community through knowledge-sharing and learning sessions What You'll Bring A proven ability to deliver production-ready full-stack applications using modern TypeScript, React, and backend/serverless API patterns Confidence designing, building, and deploying solutions on AWS, including hands-on use of Serverless and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation, SST) Demonstrated autonomy across the full engineering lifecycle, from technical discovery and solution design through to testing, release, and operational support A track record of maintaining high engineering standards, including clean architecture, automated testing, observability, and performance optimisation Ability to break down complex technical challenges, evaluate trade-offs, and make robust engineering decisions - without needing close direction Experience contributing within cross-functional teams, effectively representing engineering considerations to Product, Design, and stakeholders Active engagement in learning and knowledge-sharing, such as pairing, mentoring moments, contributing to documentation, or leading discussions A collaborative, inclusive approach, helping shape team standards, supporting others, and contributing to a positive and high-performing squad culture Our Culture Our mission is simple - make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. It's what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service. We don't just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve. We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers - either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team, we aim to be flexible, but we aren't able to offer fully remote working. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours 35 hour working week Free parking and EV charging onsite at HQ 25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, and a buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days A company bonus scheme Your own Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts Great social events e.g., festive party, summer party, team socials, sports matches Regular company-wide recognition events e.g. Monthly Light's Up and The Shine awards Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free drinks/snacks) Onsite gym at HQ (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Strong learning and development culture Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced parental leave and absence leave Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) and mental health first aiders
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team At Blue Light Card, we're opening up multiple opportunities for Full Stack Engineers to join our growing Engineering team. We're committed to building meaningful digital experiences that support millions of frontline workers across the UK. Following our recent replatforming, we've created space for new ideas, greenfield development, and opportunities for engineers who want to genuinely influence the products they build. You'll work within an agile, supportive squad where collaboration is key. Our teams partner closely with Product, Design, and Data to deliver features that enhance personalisation, engagement, and the overall member experience, while giving you room to grow, experiment, and take ownership. What You'll Do Develop high-quality applications across our modern full-stack environment Build new features using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and AWS serverless technologies Contribute to maintaining strong engineering standards, testing practices, and clean code Work collaboratively with Product & Design to refine requirements and deliver predictably Help monitor production systems, resolve issues, and contribute to continuous improvement Participate in agile ceremonies, bringing ideas and insights to help the team evolve Support inclusive decision-making, encouraging diverse perspectives and shared ownership Contribute to our Engineering community through knowledge-sharing and learning sessions What You'll Bring A proven ability to deliver production-ready full-stack applications using modern TypeScript, React, and backend/serverless API patterns Confidence designing, building, and deploying solutions on AWS, including hands-on use of Serverless and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation, SST) Demonstrated autonomy across the full engineering lifecycle, from technical discovery and solution design through to testing, release, and operational support A track record of maintaining high engineering standards, including clean architecture, automated testing, observability, and performance optimisation Ability to break down complex technical challenges, evaluate trade-offs, and make robust engineering decisions - without needing close direction Experience contributing within cross-functional teams, effectively representing engineering considerations to Product, Design, and stakeholders Active engagement in learning and knowledge-sharing, such as pairing, mentoring moments, contributing to documentation, or leading discussions A collaborative, inclusive approach, helping shape team standards, supporting others, and contributing to a positive and high-performing squad culture Our Culture Our mission is simple - make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. It's what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service. We don't just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve. We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers - either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team, we aim to be flexible, but we aren't able to offer fully remote working. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours 35 hour working week Free parking and EV charging onsite at HQ 25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, and a buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days A company bonus scheme Your own Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts Great social events e.g., festive party, summer party, team socials, sports matches Regular company-wide recognition events e.g. Monthly Light's Up and The Shine awards Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free drinks/snacks) Onsite gym at HQ (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Strong learning and development culture Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced parental leave and absence leave Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) and mental health first aiders
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We have an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team at Blue Light Card. In this role, you'll design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. You'll drive the adoption of DevOps practices, automate processes, and ensure operational excellence while contributing to our Engineering Community of Practice. Working collaboratively across teams, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling the efficient delivery of high-quality software solutions. You'll also have the chance to innovate by building proof of concepts, troubleshooting complex issues, and influencing our technical direction. This role offers the opportunity to stay hands-on with cutting-edge tools and technologies while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. What You'll Do Automate infrastructure by building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation and developing robust CI/CD pipelines Ensure reliability by implementing monitoring, alerting and logging systems to proactively identify and resolve issues and enhance system reliability and uptime Design scalable solutions by architecting and managing cloud-based infrastructure that meets reliability, security and scalability requirements Collaborate across teams by partnering with stakeholders to align platform solutions with delivery needs and non-functional requirements Support operational excellence by developing and participating in incident response efforts and participating in an on-call rota to ensure seamless system operations Innovate and optimise by evaluating new technologies, improving system performance and implementing cost-efficient solutions to maximise value Enhance security by implementing and monitoring best practices to ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards Drive DevOps practices by advocating for continuous integration, continuous delivery and automation to streamline software delivery and system management What You'll Bring Extensive experience as a platform engineer with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and Lambda, demonstrating strong cloud infrastructure knowledge Proven ability to utilise Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible to manage and scale systems effectively Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring efficient workflows Strong expertise in monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Datadog to maintain system reliability and performance Familiarity with networking concepts including VPNs, firewalls, DNS, and load balancing to support resilient infrastructure solutions Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python for developing automation solutions and optimising processes A dedication to fostering collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and promoting knowledge sharing across teams Significant experience in agile, fast-paced environments, delivering impactful solutions across marketplace, affiliate, and eCommerce platforms, and consistently contributing to organisational growth and success Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) Modern office space with onsite gym including access to free HIIT & stretch classes, games area, chill-out areas, book club, and more, when you visit our HQ in Cossington
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We have an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team at Blue Light Card. In this role, you'll design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. You'll drive the adoption of DevOps practices, automate processes, and ensure operational excellence while contributing to our Engineering Community of Practice. Working collaboratively across teams, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling the efficient delivery of high-quality software solutions. You'll also have the chance to innovate by building proof of concepts, troubleshooting complex issues, and influencing our technical direction. This role offers the opportunity to stay hands-on with cutting-edge tools and technologies while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. What You'll Do Automate infrastructure by building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation and developing robust CI/CD pipelines Ensure reliability by implementing monitoring, alerting and logging systems to proactively identify and resolve issues and enhance system reliability and uptime Design scalable solutions by architecting and managing cloud-based infrastructure that meets reliability, security and scalability requirements Collaborate across teams by partnering with stakeholders to align platform solutions with delivery needs and non-functional requirements Support operational excellence by developing and participating in incident response efforts and participating in an on-call rota to ensure seamless system operations Innovate and optimise by evaluating new technologies, improving system performance and implementing cost-efficient solutions to maximise value Enhance security by implementing and monitoring best practices to ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards Drive DevOps practices by advocating for continuous integration, continuous delivery and automation to streamline software delivery and system management What You'll Bring Extensive experience as a platform engineer with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and Lambda, demonstrating strong cloud infrastructure knowledge Proven ability to utilise Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible to manage and scale systems effectively Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring efficient workflows Strong expertise in monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Datadog to maintain system reliability and performance Familiarity with networking concepts including VPNs, firewalls, DNS, and load balancing to support resilient infrastructure solutions Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python for developing automation solutions and optimising processes A dedication to fostering collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and promoting knowledge sharing across teams Significant experience in agile, fast-paced environments, delivering impactful solutions across marketplace, affiliate, and eCommerce platforms, and consistently contributing to organisational growth and success Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) Modern office space with onsite gym including access to free HIIT & stretch classes, games area, chill-out areas, book club, and more, when you visit our HQ in Cossington
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Are you ready to lead at scale - shaping how complex digital services are built, mentoring engineers and influencing senior leaders across one of the UK's largest technology organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Engineering community, providing technical leadership across multiple agile teams delivering critical public services. You'll sit at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, helping define engineering direction while remaining close to the realities of delivery. You'll work on high profile, business critical services that support millions of citizens every day - from core benefit systems like Universal Credit and Working Age Services, to Digital Payments Services, which process around £230bn in payments annually. This is a rare opportunity to influence how modern software engineering is done at true national scale, within a complex, safety critical environment where quality, resilience and trust really matter. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience leading and influencing multiple engineering teams, setting direction and supporting engineers to do their best work Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, and influence decisions at that level Strong, hands on knowledge of modern open source technologies, such as Java, JavaScript and Node.js Deep experience building and running systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure), including APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures Strong practical experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) to build reliable, maintainable software Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL or MongoDB You and your role As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of teams and products, shaping how we design, build, test and run software across DWP Digital. You'll work closely with architects, product managers and delivery leaders to define medium to long term strategies for our services, ensuring they are resilient, secure and fit for the future. You'll be working on either: Working Age Services Digital -supporting some of the UK government's most high profile citizen facing services, including Universal Credit and the green field Jobs and Careers Service. Or Digital Payments Services - responsible for payment platforms that support 22 million citizens and handle roughly a third of the UK's BACS traffic. You'll guide teams through complex technical decisions, promote modern engineering practices, and help embed consistent standards across the wider engineering community. While this is a senior leadership role, it remains grounded in real delivery - you'll understand the systems, the trade offs and the day to day challenges facing engineering teams. This role will suit someone who enjoys complexity, cares deeply about quality and engineering excellence, and is motivated by purposeful work. Your decisions will shape how critical public services are delivered, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and trusted by the people who depend on them. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Job Description Java Team Lead Location: West Midlands (Hybrid working) Type: Permanent About the Role TXP is growing its Java capability significantly, and we're looking for an experienced Java Team Lead to help shape, scale, and lead our Java engineering community.This is a senior leadership role , focused on the management, development, and technical oversight of our Java teams across the UK, offshore delivery centres, and trusted partners. As the team grows, this role is critical in maintaining engineering standards, developing people, supporting recruitment, and ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.You'll bring a strong developer background , but this is not a hands-on delivery role . Instead, it's an opportunity for someone ready to step back from day-to-day coding and focus on leadership, quality, and scale, while still remaining technically credible. What You'll Be Doing Lead and manage the Java engineering capability across TXP, maintaining high standards of delivery and quality Provide technical leadership and assurance, ensuring modern engineering practices and standards are consistently applied Act as the escalation point for the Java team across delivery, technical, and people matters Support the development and performance management of engineers, including mentoring senior developers Drive recruitment and onboarding of new Java team members as the capability scales Oversee and challenge solution designs, code quality, and engineering approaches (without being hands-on in delivery) Support pre-sales and bid activities, working closely with technical and commercial stakeholders Work with delivery leaders and partners to ensure teams are set up for success Shape, promote, and enforce engineering standards across the full development lifecycle What We're Looking For You'll be a technically strong leader who understands modern Java development deeply, even if you're no longer coding every day. Essential experience: Strong background in Java development (Java 1.6 / 1.8 or later) Experience leading or managing Java engineers in a delivery environment Excellent understanding of REST APIs, Spring, Oracle PL/SQL, and microservices architecture Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. Maven, Docker, Kubernetes) Good working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery approaches Experience reviewing, challenging, and assuring code and technical design Confidence engaging in technical discussions with senior engineers and architects Strong people leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills Desirable experience: Front-end exposure (React or other JavaScript frameworks) CI/CD, unit testing (JUnit, Mockito), and TDD practices Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS Pre-sales, bid support, or solution shaping experience Experience working with offshore or partner teams Why Join TXP? A genuinely senior leadership role with real influence as the Java capability scales Opportunity to step away from daily delivery while staying close to technology Work alongside experienced technical leaders shaping TXP's future engineering direction Hybrid working, supportive culture, and strong focus on professional growth Be part of a consultancy that values quality, pragmatism, and people Benefits : • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). • An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve). • Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%). • Life assurance (3x). • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). • Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva. • Cycle to work scheme. • Corporate eye-care vouchers. • Access to an independent financial advisor. • 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities. Grow with us: Work on exciting new projects. If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you're in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you'll always be working on something exciting and challenging. Career growth - we've got you! We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We're here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities. Be part of the TXP growth journey. We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you'll be part of that. Ready to Shape the Future? If you're a Java leader who enjoys building teams, setting standards, and enabling others to do their best work, we'd love to hear from you.
May 05, 2026
Full time
Job Description Java Team Lead Location: West Midlands (Hybrid working) Type: Permanent About the Role TXP is growing its Java capability significantly, and we're looking for an experienced Java Team Lead to help shape, scale, and lead our Java engineering community.This is a senior leadership role , focused on the management, development, and technical oversight of our Java teams across the UK, offshore delivery centres, and trusted partners. As the team grows, this role is critical in maintaining engineering standards, developing people, supporting recruitment, and ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.You'll bring a strong developer background , but this is not a hands-on delivery role . Instead, it's an opportunity for someone ready to step back from day-to-day coding and focus on leadership, quality, and scale, while still remaining technically credible. What You'll Be Doing Lead and manage the Java engineering capability across TXP, maintaining high standards of delivery and quality Provide technical leadership and assurance, ensuring modern engineering practices and standards are consistently applied Act as the escalation point for the Java team across delivery, technical, and people matters Support the development and performance management of engineers, including mentoring senior developers Drive recruitment and onboarding of new Java team members as the capability scales Oversee and challenge solution designs, code quality, and engineering approaches (without being hands-on in delivery) Support pre-sales and bid activities, working closely with technical and commercial stakeholders Work with delivery leaders and partners to ensure teams are set up for success Shape, promote, and enforce engineering standards across the full development lifecycle What We're Looking For You'll be a technically strong leader who understands modern Java development deeply, even if you're no longer coding every day. Essential experience: Strong background in Java development (Java 1.6 / 1.8 or later) Experience leading or managing Java engineers in a delivery environment Excellent understanding of REST APIs, Spring, Oracle PL/SQL, and microservices architecture Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. Maven, Docker, Kubernetes) Good working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery approaches Experience reviewing, challenging, and assuring code and technical design Confidence engaging in technical discussions with senior engineers and architects Strong people leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills Desirable experience: Front-end exposure (React or other JavaScript frameworks) CI/CD, unit testing (JUnit, Mockito), and TDD practices Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS Pre-sales, bid support, or solution shaping experience Experience working with offshore or partner teams Why Join TXP? A genuinely senior leadership role with real influence as the Java capability scales Opportunity to step away from daily delivery while staying close to technology Work alongside experienced technical leaders shaping TXP's future engineering direction Hybrid working, supportive culture, and strong focus on professional growth Be part of a consultancy that values quality, pragmatism, and people Benefits : • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). • An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve). • Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%). • Life assurance (3x). • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). • Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva. • Cycle to work scheme. • Corporate eye-care vouchers. • Access to an independent financial advisor. • 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities. Grow with us: Work on exciting new projects. If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you're in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you'll always be working on something exciting and challenging. Career growth - we've got you! We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We're here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities. Be part of the TXP growth journey. We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you'll be part of that. Ready to Shape the Future? If you're a Java leader who enjoys building teams, setting standards, and enabling others to do their best work, we'd love to hear from you.
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We're looking for a Platform Lead to join our Engineering team at Blue Light Card at a pivotal moment. This is a foundational role, with the platform function just getting started and a real opportunity to shape its direction, culture, and impact from the ground up. As Platform Lead, you'll own platform engineering end to end, setting the strategy, building the team, and ensuring product squads have the tooling, infrastructure, and paved roads they need to deliver with confidence. You'll define what "production ready" means across the organisation and work closely with Staff Engineers and Engineering Managers to make the right technical choices the easiest ones to make. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances deep technical involvement with organisational impact. You'll stay close to the technology and the challenges teams face, while owning the platform roadmap, influencing technical direction, and building a platform team that product squads trust and rely on. What you'll do Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team, creating an environment where engineers and squads can thrive Own the platform roadmap, ensuring it delivers clear value to product teams and supports business growth Act as the trusted technical authority for platform and infrastructure decisions across engineering Set clear, practical production readiness standards covering reliability, observability, security, scalability, and cost Build and evolve paved-road platform solutions, reference architectures, and reusable tooling Embed strong operational practices, including SLOs, alerting, and effective incident management Use operational data and insights to continuously improve platform reliability, performance, and efficiency Enable product teams to be increasingly self-sufficient through great documentation, collaboration, and thoughtful use of automation and AI What you'll bring Proven experience leading a Platform, Infrastructure, or SRE function in a product led engineering organisation Deep, hands-on AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, serverless, and security Strong Terraform experience, building reusable infrastructure-as-code that teams actively adopt Experience defining and operating SLOs, observability standards, and incident management at scale Ability to set technical direction and communicate it clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders A strong people focus, with a track record of mentoring engineers and building high performing teams Experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and logging platforms, and modern platform engineering practices A commercial mindset, connecting platform investment to delivery speed, cost efficiency, and positive business outcomes Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) Modern office space with onsite gym including access to free HIIT & stretch classes, games area, chill-out areas, book club, and more, when you visit our HQ in Cossington
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We're looking for a Platform Lead to join our Engineering team at Blue Light Card at a pivotal moment. This is a foundational role, with the platform function just getting started and a real opportunity to shape its direction, culture, and impact from the ground up. As Platform Lead, you'll own platform engineering end to end, setting the strategy, building the team, and ensuring product squads have the tooling, infrastructure, and paved roads they need to deliver with confidence. You'll define what "production ready" means across the organisation and work closely with Staff Engineers and Engineering Managers to make the right technical choices the easiest ones to make. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances deep technical involvement with organisational impact. You'll stay close to the technology and the challenges teams face, while owning the platform roadmap, influencing technical direction, and building a platform team that product squads trust and rely on. What you'll do Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team, creating an environment where engineers and squads can thrive Own the platform roadmap, ensuring it delivers clear value to product teams and supports business growth Act as the trusted technical authority for platform and infrastructure decisions across engineering Set clear, practical production readiness standards covering reliability, observability, security, scalability, and cost Build and evolve paved-road platform solutions, reference architectures, and reusable tooling Embed strong operational practices, including SLOs, alerting, and effective incident management Use operational data and insights to continuously improve platform reliability, performance, and efficiency Enable product teams to be increasingly self-sufficient through great documentation, collaboration, and thoughtful use of automation and AI What you'll bring Proven experience leading a Platform, Infrastructure, or SRE function in a product led engineering organisation Deep, hands-on AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, serverless, and security Strong Terraform experience, building reusable infrastructure-as-code that teams actively adopt Experience defining and operating SLOs, observability standards, and incident management at scale Ability to set technical direction and communicate it clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders A strong people focus, with a track record of mentoring engineers and building high performing teams Experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and logging platforms, and modern platform engineering practices A commercial mindset, connecting platform investment to delivery speed, cost efficiency, and positive business outcomes Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) Modern office space with onsite gym including access to free HIIT & stretch classes, games area, chill-out areas, book club, and more, when you visit our HQ in Cossington
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We're looking for an iOS developer passionate about creating intuitive and impactful apps to join a newly established cross functional team here at Blue Light Card. Now is a great time to join as we're entering an exciting new chapter! Our tech team is completing a replatforming project, transitioning to a modern, serverless environment. With this foundation in place, we're poised to embark on innovative greenfield projects that will redefine our app experience. This is your chance to work at the forefront of technology, contribute to fresh ideas, and play a pivotal role in crafting solutions that make a real difference to our members. If you thrive in dynamic environments and love building exceptional mobile experiences from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you! What You'll Do Build great mobile applications with highly readable code. Be a part of the mobile community of practice and champion this within the wider Blue Light Card team Collaborate on designing solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements following Blue Light Card architectural standards Write clean, maintainable, and testable code while participating in code reviews to ensure coding standards and best practices Work with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to define and deliver features that align with the overall product vision Implement and maintain unit tests and UI tests to enhance code quality. Diagnose and fix bugs or performance bottlenecks to improve user experience Support automated build, test, and deployment processes to ensure seamless and rapid release cycles Document technical requirements, specifications, and decisions to ensure a clear knowledge base and maintainable code What You'll Bring Expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, with strong experience in UIKit, Storyboards, and Swift packages for building scalable, high-quality mobile applications Proven ability to implement robust testing using XCTest for unit tests and TestFlight for app testing, ensuring high-quality and reliable code Proficiency in using GitHub for source control and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows Experience with shared business logic using Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) to enhance cross-platform development and ensure code consistency Familiarity with key tools and services like Amplitude for analytics, Braze for push notifications and in-app messaging, Firebase for Crashlytics, and Stripe for card payments to build engaging, data-driven applications Strong experience with server-driven UI and working with cloud technologies, including deploying serverless applications on AWS and managing app distribution via XCCloud Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor junior developers, and foster a culture of continuous learning and process improvement Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks) Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) 35 hour working week
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team We're looking for an iOS developer passionate about creating intuitive and impactful apps to join a newly established cross functional team here at Blue Light Card. Now is a great time to join as we're entering an exciting new chapter! Our tech team is completing a replatforming project, transitioning to a modern, serverless environment. With this foundation in place, we're poised to embark on innovative greenfield projects that will redefine our app experience. This is your chance to work at the forefront of technology, contribute to fresh ideas, and play a pivotal role in crafting solutions that make a real difference to our members. If you thrive in dynamic environments and love building exceptional mobile experiences from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you! What You'll Do Build great mobile applications with highly readable code. Be a part of the mobile community of practice and champion this within the wider Blue Light Card team Collaborate on designing solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements following Blue Light Card architectural standards Write clean, maintainable, and testable code while participating in code reviews to ensure coding standards and best practices Work with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to define and deliver features that align with the overall product vision Implement and maintain unit tests and UI tests to enhance code quality. Diagnose and fix bugs or performance bottlenecks to improve user experience Support automated build, test, and deployment processes to ensure seamless and rapid release cycles Document technical requirements, specifications, and decisions to ensure a clear knowledge base and maintainable code What You'll Bring Expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, with strong experience in UIKit, Storyboards, and Swift packages for building scalable, high-quality mobile applications Proven ability to implement robust testing using XCTest for unit tests and TestFlight for app testing, ensuring high-quality and reliable code Proficiency in using GitHub for source control and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows Experience with shared business logic using Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) to enhance cross-platform development and ensure code consistency Familiarity with key tools and services like Amplitude for analytics, Braze for push notifications and in-app messaging, Firebase for Crashlytics, and Stripe for card payments to build engaging, data-driven applications Strong experience with server-driven UI and working with cloud technologies, including deploying serverless applications on AWS and managing app distribution via XCCloud Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor junior developers, and foster a culture of continuous learning and process improvement Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are, and have a hybrid working model, with colleagues based in London, the East Midlands and around the country. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks) Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) 35 hour working week
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team There's never been a better time to join the team at Blue Light Card. Blue Light Card is expanding rapidly in the UK and Australia, and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Technology department. You'll have experience working as an engineering manager in a high-performing, product-led agile organisation with multiple teams. You'll lead one of our engineering teams, and be responsible for championing agile practices, delivering high-quality solutions, and managing technical operations, to ensure your team achieves the best outcomes for our members. What You'll Do Guide and motivate a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and integrity through coaching and support Work together with Product and Design to plan and deliver work. You'll get involved in sprint planning, retrospectives, and solving incidents, ensuring issues are addressed quickly Ensure Operational Excellence by monitoring production components with Platform Engineering and addressing issues fast, ensuring non-functional requirements are met Implement and champion agile methodologies and best practices by supporting the scaling of these practices across Engineering, Product, and Design Foster a quality-first mindset within the team, ensuring everyone follows agreed-upon standards Support technical design solutions that meet requirements and align with architectural standards providing technical coaching and encouraging innovative ways of working Engage with stakeholders to ensure your team's voice is heard and aligned with business interests, maintaining a humble and positive attitude Ensure the team understands and works towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication, while being flexible and ready to tackle various tasks each day What You'll Bring Experience as an Engineering Manager with a robust track record of successfully leading teams of at least four individuals Substantial experience in regular one-on-one meetings, providing coaching, delivering constructive feedback, and prioritising the well-being and development of team members to ensure they feel valued and supported Extensive experience with agile methodologies to oversee practices and ceremonies, ensuring the team delivers high-quality work while managing ongoing tasks smoothly Proven ability to deliver high-quality scalable technical solutions, with an emphasis on best practices and innovative approaches utilising AWS and TypeScript Ability to take charge of the team's work in progress, keeping tasks on track and addressing issues promptly working in collaboration with Platform Engineering to maintain smooth operations Experience in helping the team understand and work towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication and flexible to tackle various tasks each day, adapting to a changing work environment Experience in guiding the team to develop and implement technical solutions that meet all requirements, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and contributing to the technical roadmap Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are. We promote hybrid working, but we value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices. How regular and in which office location depends on the role and team. We don't offer remote-only roles. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks) Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)
May 05, 2026
Full time
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable The Role and the Team There's never been a better time to join the team at Blue Light Card. Blue Light Card is expanding rapidly in the UK and Australia, and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Technology department. You'll have experience working as an engineering manager in a high-performing, product-led agile organisation with multiple teams. You'll lead one of our engineering teams, and be responsible for championing agile practices, delivering high-quality solutions, and managing technical operations, to ensure your team achieves the best outcomes for our members. What You'll Do Guide and motivate a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and integrity through coaching and support Work together with Product and Design to plan and deliver work. You'll get involved in sprint planning, retrospectives, and solving incidents, ensuring issues are addressed quickly Ensure Operational Excellence by monitoring production components with Platform Engineering and addressing issues fast, ensuring non-functional requirements are met Implement and champion agile methodologies and best practices by supporting the scaling of these practices across Engineering, Product, and Design Foster a quality-first mindset within the team, ensuring everyone follows agreed-upon standards Support technical design solutions that meet requirements and align with architectural standards providing technical coaching and encouraging innovative ways of working Engage with stakeholders to ensure your team's voice is heard and aligned with business interests, maintaining a humble and positive attitude Ensure the team understands and works towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication, while being flexible and ready to tackle various tasks each day What You'll Bring Experience as an Engineering Manager with a robust track record of successfully leading teams of at least four individuals Substantial experience in regular one-on-one meetings, providing coaching, delivering constructive feedback, and prioritising the well-being and development of team members to ensure they feel valued and supported Extensive experience with agile methodologies to oversee practices and ceremonies, ensuring the team delivers high-quality work while managing ongoing tasks smoothly Proven ability to deliver high-quality scalable technical solutions, with an emphasis on best practices and innovative approaches utilising AWS and TypeScript Ability to take charge of the team's work in progress, keeping tasks on track and addressing issues promptly working in collaboration with Platform Engineering to maintain smooth operations Experience in helping the team understand and work towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication and flexible to tackle various tasks each day, adapting to a changing work environment Experience in guiding the team to develop and implement technical solutions that meet all requirements, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and contributing to the technical roadmap Our Culture Our members, partners and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we're genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are. We promote hybrid working, but we value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices. How regular and in which office location depends on the role and team. We don't offer remote-only roles. We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People. What We Offer Hybrid working and flexible hours Free parking and EV charging onsite 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday A company bonus scheme Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks) Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes) Learning and development opportunities Group auto-enrolment pension plan Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay Company funded private medical insurance Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)
About Us We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky. IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale. Purpose of the role The Cognitive Automation Factory Ecosystem and Operations Lead is a senior leadership role responsible for the end-to-end operational performance, ecosystem management, and strategic evolution of the Group's Cognitive Automation Factory. This role is effectively the operational backbone and successor-level counterpart to the Head of Cognitive Automation. It ensures that the CAF operates as a high-performance, multi-technology, multi-partner industrial engine capable of delivering 8-figure business benefits through applied AI and automation. The successful candidate will combine deep automation expertise, enterprise-grade delivery leadership, and strong commercial acumen to: Lead large, blended teams (internal and external) Engage senior stakeholders across operating companies Manage strategic technology and delivery partners Own operational governance, standards, and performance metrics Drive sustainable, measurable EBIT impact Your responsibilities 1. Factory Leadership & Operational Excellence Lead the operational performance of the Cognitive Automation Factory across the Group. Industrialise AI and automation delivery through standardised engineering practices, governance, quality controls and reusable frameworks. Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery across multiple concurrent programmes and products. Own delivery economics, capacity planning, utilisation, and multi-shore optimisation. 2. Business Value & Benefits Realisation Ensure all AI and automation initiatives are anchored in measurable business value. Track and govern realised vs. forecast benefits (cost-out, productivity, error reduction, revenue enablement). Act as a senior escalation point for underperforming initiatives. Partner with Finance and OpCo stakeholders to validate tangible benefits delivered. 3. Ecosystem & Partner Management Lead and optimise a blended ecosystem of strategic partners and internal engineering squads. Manage commercial performance, contractual KPIs, and delivery standards. Ensure knowledge transfer and capability uplift within the internal team. Maintain a competitive, scalable, and innovation-led partner model. 4. Technology & Architecture Governance Provide senior oversight across the automation and AI technology stack, including: o RPA platforms (e.g., UiPath, Power Automate) o AWS-based cloud-native architectureso Agentic AI frameworks (Agent Core, LangChain, LangGraph) o Large Language Models (multi-model strategy) o Orchestration frameworks and event-driven architectures o Document AI and extraction (e.g., Berdock)o EVAL frameworks and LLM evaluation methodologies o Observability, monitoring and guardrails for AI agents Ensure scalable, secure, compliant and production-grade solutions. Champion best practices in AI governance, risk management, and model lifecycle management. 5. Senior Stakeholder Engagement Engage senior leaders across operating companies at Director and C-level. Translate AI and automation capabilities into business language. Influence prioritisation decisions and roadmap alignment across the Group. Represent the CAF in senior governance forums. 6. Talent & Capability Development Build and mentor high-performing automation and AI delivery leaders. Establish clear career paths and succession planning within the CAF. Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and measurable impact. Drive continuous capability uplift across RPA, AI, and agentic systems. Your skills, experience and qualifications Essential Experience 12+ years' experience in enterprise technology delivery, with at least 7+ years leading large-scale automation or AI programmes. Proven track record of delivering significant, tangible business benefits through applied AI and automation. Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams combining internal staff and strategic delivery partners. Experience operating at senior stakeholder level (Director/C-level engagement). Strong commercial acumen, including budget ownership and benefits tracking. Technical Depth (Non-Hands-On but Credible) The candidate must have sufficient depth to challenge architects and engineers credibly, even if not coding daily. Demonstrated expertise in: RPA platforms such as UiPath and Power Automate Cloud-native architectures (preferably AWS) Agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, agent orchestration) Multi-LLM strategies and model selection EVAL frameworks for LLM/agent performance Observability, logging, guardrails and governance for AI agents Workflow orchestration and integration patterns Enterprise-grade security and compliance considerations for AI systems Desirable Experience within aviation, transportation, logistics, or other complex operational industries. Experience scaling an AI or automation factory model. Exposure to regulated environments. Knowledge of EU AI Act and enterprise AI governance frameworks. Personal Attributes Strategic thinker with strong operational discipline. Calm under pressure in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Commercially sharp, data-driven, and outcome-oriented. High credibility with both engineers and executives. Not dazzled by hype. Focused on value. What we offer The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry. The opportunity to work in a multi-cultural environment with great offices in many locations. We support our people in maintaining work/life balance, as well as providing the many benefits one would expect from a global organisation, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses. We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
May 05, 2026
Full time
About Us We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky. IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale. Purpose of the role The Cognitive Automation Factory Ecosystem and Operations Lead is a senior leadership role responsible for the end-to-end operational performance, ecosystem management, and strategic evolution of the Group's Cognitive Automation Factory. This role is effectively the operational backbone and successor-level counterpart to the Head of Cognitive Automation. It ensures that the CAF operates as a high-performance, multi-technology, multi-partner industrial engine capable of delivering 8-figure business benefits through applied AI and automation. The successful candidate will combine deep automation expertise, enterprise-grade delivery leadership, and strong commercial acumen to: Lead large, blended teams (internal and external) Engage senior stakeholders across operating companies Manage strategic technology and delivery partners Own operational governance, standards, and performance metrics Drive sustainable, measurable EBIT impact Your responsibilities 1. Factory Leadership & Operational Excellence Lead the operational performance of the Cognitive Automation Factory across the Group. Industrialise AI and automation delivery through standardised engineering practices, governance, quality controls and reusable frameworks. Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery across multiple concurrent programmes and products. Own delivery economics, capacity planning, utilisation, and multi-shore optimisation. 2. Business Value & Benefits Realisation Ensure all AI and automation initiatives are anchored in measurable business value. Track and govern realised vs. forecast benefits (cost-out, productivity, error reduction, revenue enablement). Act as a senior escalation point for underperforming initiatives. Partner with Finance and OpCo stakeholders to validate tangible benefits delivered. 3. Ecosystem & Partner Management Lead and optimise a blended ecosystem of strategic partners and internal engineering squads. Manage commercial performance, contractual KPIs, and delivery standards. Ensure knowledge transfer and capability uplift within the internal team. Maintain a competitive, scalable, and innovation-led partner model. 4. Technology & Architecture Governance Provide senior oversight across the automation and AI technology stack, including: o RPA platforms (e.g., UiPath, Power Automate) o AWS-based cloud-native architectureso Agentic AI frameworks (Agent Core, LangChain, LangGraph) o Large Language Models (multi-model strategy) o Orchestration frameworks and event-driven architectures o Document AI and extraction (e.g., Berdock)o EVAL frameworks and LLM evaluation methodologies o Observability, monitoring and guardrails for AI agents Ensure scalable, secure, compliant and production-grade solutions. Champion best practices in AI governance, risk management, and model lifecycle management. 5. Senior Stakeholder Engagement Engage senior leaders across operating companies at Director and C-level. Translate AI and automation capabilities into business language. Influence prioritisation decisions and roadmap alignment across the Group. Represent the CAF in senior governance forums. 6. Talent & Capability Development Build and mentor high-performing automation and AI delivery leaders. Establish clear career paths and succession planning within the CAF. Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and measurable impact. Drive continuous capability uplift across RPA, AI, and agentic systems. Your skills, experience and qualifications Essential Experience 12+ years' experience in enterprise technology delivery, with at least 7+ years leading large-scale automation or AI programmes. Proven track record of delivering significant, tangible business benefits through applied AI and automation. Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams combining internal staff and strategic delivery partners. Experience operating at senior stakeholder level (Director/C-level engagement). Strong commercial acumen, including budget ownership and benefits tracking. Technical Depth (Non-Hands-On but Credible) The candidate must have sufficient depth to challenge architects and engineers credibly, even if not coding daily. Demonstrated expertise in: RPA platforms such as UiPath and Power Automate Cloud-native architectures (preferably AWS) Agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, agent orchestration) Multi-LLM strategies and model selection EVAL frameworks for LLM/agent performance Observability, logging, guardrails and governance for AI agents Workflow orchestration and integration patterns Enterprise-grade security and compliance considerations for AI systems Desirable Experience within aviation, transportation, logistics, or other complex operational industries. Experience scaling an AI or automation factory model. Exposure to regulated environments. Knowledge of EU AI Act and enterprise AI governance frameworks. Personal Attributes Strategic thinker with strong operational discipline. Calm under pressure in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Commercially sharp, data-driven, and outcome-oriented. High credibility with both engineers and executives. Not dazzled by hype. Focused on value. What we offer The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry. The opportunity to work in a multi-cultural environment with great offices in many locations. We support our people in maintaining work/life balance, as well as providing the many benefits one would expect from a global organisation, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses. We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
