Ignite Your Potential as a Lead Developer!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level and make a real impact in the tech world? We’re on the hunt for a passionate and transformative Lead Developer to spearhead our dynamic development team.

If you thrive in a lively, innovative environment where your ideas can craft the next era of pioneering web applications, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for!

As our Lead Developer, you won’t just be managing code—you’ll be crafting the future of our products. You will be the architect behind sophisticated, scalable solutions that will power our next generation of applications. This role offers the perfect blend of hands-on development and leadership, giving you the chance to mentor a versatile team, drive innovation, and deliver premier software solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, and deploy sophisticated software applications that set new industry standards.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, and development processes that elevate our tech.
• Create scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions that drive our products forward.
• Work closely with multi-functional teams to turn daring business ideas into reality.
• Guide your team through code reviews, mentorship, and fostering a culture of steadfast improvement.
• Fix and resolve critical technical challenges, always finding the best path forward.

What you will bring:

• Fluency in multiple programming languages (think C++, Python, Java, C#, SQL) and have a strong grasp of relational databases.
• Highly skilled in web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) or mobile development.
• Solid experience with version control systems (TFS, Git) and DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes).]

It would be great if you have:

• Experience with SQL, Oracle, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), and Agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks, data engineering, and contributions to open-source projects.
• Expertise in performance tuning and optimising large-scale applications.

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Mostly remote, with occasional travel to Hemel Hempstead
Security Clearance Level: Must be willing to undergo SC clearance
Internal Recruiter: Stina
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.