Lead Java Engineer
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £62,109 per year |
| Additional salary information: | You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £18,291. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
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 and 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.
Main Responsibilities
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.
Leadership of the java and react software development in teams.
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 and 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.
Main Responsibilities
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.
Leadership of the java and react software development in teams.