Lead Software Engineer

Job title:

Lead Software Engineer

Company

Just

Job description

At Just we encourage a flexible and agile working environment for the majority of our opportunities. Get in touch with us to discuss in more detail.Technical Lead Engineer – Retail TechnologyFull TimeLondon – hybridWho are Just?We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.PurposeWe are recruiting for a Lead Software Engineer to act as the Technical Lead and guide the build, configuration, validation and maintenance of internally developed/configured applications & products within a Retail Technology business area.This role will support with the migration of applications to the cloud (Azure) as a part of an ongoing transformation project.Job Role Key AccountabilitiesCore planning & delivery activityCollaborate with Value Stream to define implementation options for technical change (at and above the Epic level) and translate technical change Epics into Features for Engineering teams incorporating security, performance, availability, supportability (including upgrades), maintainability and roadmap progression aspects.Lead and drive refinement of technical Features with Software Engineering teamsProvide peer review and sign off for completed Features ensuring delivery is in accordance with ‘Definitions of Done’ and ‘Conditions of Acceptance’.Ensure delivery of technical Features is within governance and infosec/risk requirements and complies with relevant architectural, security and Engineering standards.Lead the technical planning and coordination of multi-team/complex production releases/deployments.Support Engineering teams, where required, with single-team production releases/deployments. Support Software Engineering Managers with root cause analysis and identifying continual improvement opportunities in production release capability and reliability.Support Software Engineering teams with technical problem solving, incident resolution and technical thought leadership as required to support progression of day-to-day Engineering team activity.Use technical mentoring & coaching techniques to enable Software Engineering teams to gain technical confidence and competence lifting team capability and self-sufficiency over time.Technical standards and practice leadershipEvolve and shape, with peers, the Engineering standards, principles, practices and roadmaps to reflect changes in technologies and engineering community trends.Encourage, mentor and coach Engineering Team members (individually or as a group) to develop their skills and practices.Maintain and refine technical debt backlogs; Identify technical debt reduction opportunities and implementManage catalogue of software library & tooling dependencies utilised within Engineering and influence, with peers, approval/selection mechanisms.Support Software Engineering Managers in assessing standards and practices maturity in teams and communicating/educating teams on the current standards and practices.Support use of metrics to track improvements and to continually enhance the software engineering process within teams. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver shared goals and continuous improvements.Support Software Engineering Mangers to foster innovation within teams and introduce new ways of working by embracing, role modelling and driving a DevSecOps/CALMS model culture within teams.Technical and operational documentationEnsure that technical documentation is up-to-date, accurate and sufficiently detailed.Maintain competenceMaintain your own technical leadership competence and personal development.Skills, Knowledge, Experience and QualificationDemonstrable skills in the following:Microsoft .NET development stackJAM development stackDevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (Azure DevOps preferrable)Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present and communicate complex technical concepts as simple to understand commercial outcomesExcellent technical coaching and mentoring skillsSound problem analysis and resolution skillsStrong knowledge of technical excellence practice and DevOps/CALMS methodologiesUnderstanding of Agile delivery processes/methodologiesUnderstanding of the products and services provided by Just desirableExperienceProven technical thought leadership and DevOps/CALMS best practiceExperienced in developing and deploying scalable, secure and highly available cloud applicationsProven experience of embedding security, performance, availability and maintainability aspects in delivery.Experience with IT development processes and delivery lifecycles; development methodology; testing practices; release strategy and configuration management; development tools, and applications across full project lifecycles.Experience working within an Agile environment; delivering within defined Sprints; familiarity with Agile principles and ceremonies.Familiarity with Test Automation tools and the delivery of automated testing solutions using industry standard technologies.Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present and communicate complex technical concepts as simple to understand commercial outcomesExcellent technical coaching and mentoring skillsExcellent problem analysis and resolution skillsStrong knowledge of technical excellence practice and DevOps/CALMS methodologiesUnderstanding of Agile delivery processes/methodologiesUnderstanding of business processesFinancial Services experience is essential, understanding of the products and services provided by Just desirableQualificationEducated to Degree level (or equivalent experience/qualification) Or Computer science related qualificationCertified Scrum Master (or equivalent) – desirableISEB/ISTQB Certificate in Software Testing- desirableWhy Just?We are committed to building a more sustainable business and have publicly committed to reduce our scope 3 emissions to Net Zero by 2050 and our scope 1 and 2 emissions to Net Zero by 2025. We’ve made good progress so far and encourage our people to make small and meaningful changes in their everyday lives, so that we can protect our planet for future generations.Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority for Just as part of our overall strategy and ensuring all of our people feel proud to work at Just. We have joined a number of initiatives including the Race at Work Charter, designed to improve outcomes for employees from underrepresented backgrounds. We also run a Reciprocal Mentoring scheme for employees from a BAME background, those with a disability and those who identify as LGBTQ+. There are multiple employee network groups, which champion issues including race, gender, social mobility and neurodiversity.What’s clear about working at Just is that we care. We care about our customers, our purpose, our environment, inclusivity, wellbeing and most importantly – each other.About UsWe’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly.How people work, save, and plan for the future is all changing. A new generation of retirees needs a new kind of retirement company. A company who will look for new ways of doing things – and will always put the customer first.That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement. And with you on our team, we’re going to make sure they get it.We’ve built our sustainability strategy around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and have selected goals where we believe we can make the most difference. By aligning our activity with these global goals, we can make sure we play our part in addressing the wider issues facing the planet and leave a positive legacy to the world. You can read more about our sustainability strategy .Diversity, equity and inclusion are priorities for us. Having a diverse, talented workforce with colleagues of different backgrounds, world views and experiences is the right thing to do. It’s also the most effective way to succeed, innovate and better serve our customers now and in the future. We are committed to our targets on gender and ethnicity and run a number of successful mentoring and sponsorship programmes for our colleagues from diverse backgrounds. We have multiple active employee network groups which champion issues including gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and neurodiversity. You can read more about our DE&I strategy and commitments .What’s clear about working at Just is that we care. We care about our customers, our purpose, our environment, inclusivity, wellbeing and most importantly – each other. We look forward to welcoming you to the team soon.

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Location

Reigate, Surrey

Job date

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:28:07 GMT

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