Lead Software Engineer

Embark on a transformative journey as a Lead Software Engineer  vision is clear: to design, develop, and continuously improve software that delivers robust business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. You will play a key role in shaping modern engineering practices and driving innovation across our platforms.

To be successful as a Lead Software Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Being a highly skilled software engineer with strong knowledge of modern architectures and hands‑on experience with containerisation.

• Good understanding of GenAI and agentic AI frameworks, including Lang Graph and CrewAI.

• Demonstrated commercial experience creating AI solutions, from ideation through delivery.

• Practical commercial experience with AWS and/or Azure, including the use of Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) tooling and patterns.

• AWS or Azure certifications that validate your cloud engineering expertise.

• Ability to innovate, challenge convention, and bring new thinking to complex engineering problems.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Proficiency in Python and Java.

• Familiarity with AWS Bedrock and associated AI/ML services.

• Ability to solve multi‑layered, ambiguous problems with minimal support.

• Strong engineering judgement, with a focus on secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The Location of your role is Knutsford.

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
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