Technical Lead - Local Authority

An experienced software engineer with solid commercial experience of building containerised Spring Boot Java applications running on OpenShift is required to provide hands-on technical leadership to an agile development team within client's Housing Management Registers domain, ensuring alignment with strategic architectural direction and acting as a conduit between the development team and the Architecture Steering Group, helping to define and refine best practices, standards and architectural principles.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE TECHNICAL LEAD

Significant commercial experience with the following technology:

• Java 11+
• Spring Boot
• Spring MVC
• Spring Web Flow
• Thymeleaf templates
• REST APIs
• JavaScript UI frameworks, including Node and Vue,
• React, Next.js and Typescript
• Strong HTML / CSS skills and an awareness of accessibility considerations.
• OpenShift
• Modern DevOps and CI/CD practices including deployment pipelines, Jenkins, and Docker

  Significant and demonstrable commercial experience in the following areas:

• Technically leading a high-performing, cross-functional development team.
• Designing, gaining consensus, and implementing technical solutions for software development projects.
• Developing within Digital First or GDS quality standards.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders, understanding context and requirements, from diverse areas of a business including Product Management, Service Design, and Operations.
• Introduction of new or improved processes in development environments.
• Developing solutions using human-centred, research-driven, inclusive design practices.
• Designing and implementing solutions using service and event-based architectures.
• Using testing tools for unit testing, including system test automation frameworks.
• Cloud monitoring, telemetry, intelligence tools and processes, including Grafana.
• Using written, verbal, and visual communication to explain complex topics concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working in Agile delivery models.
• Defining infrastructure as code.
• Coaching and training other developers and team members.
• Working closely with Product and Agile teams to ensure team performance.