Lead Software Engineer (JAVA)
Remote
London, United Kingdom
£ 850 / day
Freelance
21-11-2024
Job Specifications
Lead Software Engineer (JAVA)
1 Year Contract
Location: Hybrid (2 days per week in London)
£750 - £850 per day (Inside IR35)
SC Cleared or eligible for SC Clearance
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead, innovate, and guide best practices in software craftsmanship within a high-impact team. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and delivering high-quality software products, ensuring operational stability, resilience, and quality. This position offers the chance to contribute to citizen services and lead teams in alignment with robust Architecture and Engineering principles.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement reusable libraries and services, setting strategic direction for product lines and the Software Engineering Community.
Develop and drive medium- to long-term strategies for software products, ensuring best practices are followed across the department.
Provide technical leadership to multiple Software Engineering teams, mentoring team members and promoting their professional growth.
Lead discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions on best practices within the Software Engineering community.
Support the resolution of infrastructure issues and provide third-line support for developed products, including occasional out-of-hours support as needed.
Required Skills & Experience:
Java
SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra
Advanced knowledge in SQL and Kernel tuning, explain plans, partitioning, and meeting Recovery Point and Time Objectives.
Git
Development, build, and testing of interfaces between systems
Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch
Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration
Test Driven Development with JUnit and Jasmine, user testing, and automated test frameworks
Linux (RHEL) - including patching, securing, and use of Bash Scripting
Jira, Confluence, Slack
Microservices Architecture and API design (RESTful APIs, Swagger, OpenAPI)
Behaviour Driven Development (Cucumber)
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
High availability solutions including EDB failover manager
RPC transport mechanisms (HTTP, Shared Memory)
Strong familiarity with OWASP Top Ten standards, Denial of Service, SQL Injection, and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled software engineer to lead, mentor, and develop best practices within a dynamic, high-impact environment.
About the Company
Digital Skills is a digital agency and consultancy based in the UK We work with Global Brands, Niche Technologies, Technical Disruptors, Consultancies and Government organisations. Our mission is to deliver the most diverse pool of Digital Specialists, Leaders, Analysts, Marketeers and Technologists, proving market leading CX and Delivering excellent projects. Why work with us?: We take a fully Inclusive, ‘end-to-end’ approach to the process of delivering Digital Projects, Outcomes and Experiences. We have our eye on ... Know more
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