Summary: The Lead Developer role involves providing technical leadership and mentorship to a development team within a public sector client in Glasgow. The position requires experience in leading teams and working with Java and Spring Boot to enhance public-facing services while adhering to industry best practices. The candidate should be passionate about agile methodologies and possess strong knowledge of AWS technologies. This is an initial 6-month contract classified as outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the development team.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Lead, Lead Architect, and Security Manager to ensure alignment with existing patterns and industry best practices.
• Rapidly build upon a customer account to meet legislative needs and deliver cost reduction and modernization objectives.
• Work with Java and Spring Boot to develop and modernize microservices.
• Conduct knowledge transfer to junior in-house staff.

Key Skills:

• Experience with Java and Spring Boot based microservices.
• Proficiency in AWS public cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of TDD and Unit-Test tooling.
• Experience in a senior engineering role within organizational projects.
• Familiarity with JavaScript and best-practice approaches.
• Mentoring experience with junior staff.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Glasgow

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT