Software Engineering Team Lead

i2 a Harris Computer company are seeking a skilled Software Engineering (Server) Team Lead to join one of our development teams and help us enhance our i2 products and services which are used by more than 2000 law enforcement national security military and major commercial organizations in 140 countries across the world.

This permanent position will be performed on a remote basis with a requirement to visit the i2 Office in Cambridge UK as and when there is a business need to do so (circa 2 days per month).

In performing this position your core duties and responsibilities wil include (but will not be limited to):

Team management and efficiency

• Onboard new members: Quickly and effectively onboard new members into the team ensuring they are familiar with the teams processes tools and culture.
• Monitor team performance: Regularly track and report team performance metrics to the engineering manager enabling datadriven decisions for planning and resource allocation.
• Continuous improvement: Identify inefficiencies or areas of waste in the software development lifecycle and within team workflows proposing and implementing strategies for continuous improvement.

Innovation and Strategy:

• Shape technology and product roadmaps: Contribute to the development of the companys technology strategy and roadmap.
• Drive innovation: Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in the companys products processes and technologies.

Technical Leadership

• Best practices: Establish and uphold crossteam development best practices including coding standards development environments and techstackspecific developer documentation. Regularly review and update these practices to adapt to evolving project needs and industry standards.
• Guild Leadership: Proactively lead the guild influencing how members approach problems and instilling technical best practices.
• Champion adoption of new approaches: Lead initiatives to adopt new tools frameworks and methodologies that can enhance the teams productivity and effectiveness.
• Collaboration with QA and DevOps: Work closely with QA and DevOps leads to create and maintain best practices ensuring seamless integration and deployment processes.

Our Technology Stack

• Backend Java REST APIs Open Liberty Application Server Apache Solr Search platform RDBMS (Postgres SqlServer DB2)
• Frontend App Framework JavaScript / TypeScript / React
• CI / CD GitHub / CircleCI
• Cloud AWS

What we are looking for:

• Proficiency in Java and its enterprise libraries and strong experience in developing and maintaining efficient reusable and reliable serverside logic
• Expertise in Python for backend development
• Ability to optimize code for database performance including writing complex SQL queries and performing database performance tuning
• Experience with implementing and integrating text search engines (e.g. Solr) to enhance application search capabilities
• Thorough understanding of automated and manual testing methodologies to identify and fix bugs and performance issues
• Proven ability to work closely with crossfunctional teams including UI/UX designers frontend developers and product managers to ship new fullstack features
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with L2 support for troubleshooting and fixing customer issues in a timely manner
• Experience in mentoring junior developers and promoting knowledge sharing to enhance team skills and productivity
• Ability to stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure applications are built using best practices
• Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work in a fastpaced and dynamic environment

About i2

Our intelligence analysis software tools help analysts and investigators transform data in realtime enabling customers to detect disrupt and defeat sophisticated threats. We serve global customers carrying out critical missions in public safety defense fraud and financial crimes. Learn more at:

As a Harris Computer company we strive to create a respectful and united environment where all members of our globally diverse community are empowered and have equitable opportunities to succeed.

Benefits

Harris offers an extremely competitive UK employee benefits programme. 5 Personal Days leave entitlement are granted over and above the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays. Harris also offers all UK employees an annual Lifestyle Reward amounting 325 per annum/pro rata.

Supporting your application

Our recruitment process will comprise of interviews and at times a written exercise an assessment day and/or a presentation. As an equal opportunities employer we want to make sure we do all we can to make this a positive experience for you. When applying please make us aware on your application of any adjustments or additional support we can provide you with before or on the day of an interview.