Lead Engineer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 29 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £60,300 i £66,330 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £20,100 (location dependent). New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the pay range minimum. |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sheffield |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 430079/2 |
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We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 700 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications.
You could be creating and maintaining some of the most critical public services in the United Kingdom and transforming how we use data and technology to improve these. We are responsible for designing, building and supporting solutions to help people prove their identity or apply for visas. You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism, which helps protect UK borders.
The Lead Engineer will drive the technical delivery of their team, managing their workload and ensuring the right skills are available. You will be responsible for the work undertaken by your Developers and DevOps staff and will be expected to work with Seniors and Principals to ensure that services produced are best practice. You should have a solid technical background and will be able to apply these skills if required to provide guidance to your team. You will also maintain a broad perspective, monitoring technology developments such that you can support strategy formation.
Along with the other Senior, Lead and Principal Engineers in your area, you will be responsible for ensuring that all technical approaches being used are appropriate, endorsed and will take part in planning with senior stakeholders, to make sure that product delivery and maintenance is on a firm basis. Your remit may be across the engineering function, but working closely with Architects and other professions.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
- Backend: C#, Python
- Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript
- Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB
- DevOps: Azure, Docker, Terraform, Azure DevOps
- Other: Azure AI Foundry, Power Platform, PowerBI
What you will do
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
- Leading the day-to-day activities of engineers in your team, ensuring everyone is working effectively and efficiently, reporting any impediments.
- Coaching your team as well as supporting Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and encouraging formal professional qualifications.
- Supporting capability build in your team and in the organisation.
- Taking a hands-on role with engineering delivery when necessary, blending your leadership and technical tasks to achieve team objectives.
- Ensuring appropriate methods are being used, as well as leading efforts to identify improved tools/technologies.
- Communicating with various stakeholders across the business and problem solving or escalating issues where necessary.
Like many organisations we need to maintain our services 24/7, therefore, on occasions there may be a requirement to work out of hours, for which you will be paid an additional allowance.
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