Technical Lead, Software Development, Cloud Engineer - Software

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long‑term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large‑scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud‑based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security, etc).
• Working within a project management / agile delivery methodology.
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation.
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support‑handover).
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders / end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product, etc.
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community.
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.

• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message‑driven architectures.
• Hands‑on developing / coding experience using the following technologies:
  • Frontend (Angular)
  • Backend (.Net, C#)
• NFR / Non‑Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind.
• Strong experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high‑quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST‑based APIs.
• Strong experience with Dev Ops and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or Open Shift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure, with expertise in Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures, serverless computing, and scalable application design. Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Developer Associate (AZ‑204) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ‑305) preferred.

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible / remote working – Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offers flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes,…