Naimuri Technical Lead

Job Title: Naimuri Technical Lead

Job Location: London Vauxhall

Job Type: Permanent Fulltime

Job ID: SF19045

We can offer you the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation working in partnership with government and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there.

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process.

About us:

About the role:

As part of our London-based delivery team you will work on a new project for one of our largest customers upgrading and replatforming existing applications developing

new applications from scratch and creating a solution that will become the backbone of the customers software for years to come.

You will be the Technical Lead of one of our agile delivery teams working on this project. This will involve owning and guiding the overall technical solution and technical delivery with the key aim of reducing risk and improving project outcomes.

You will act as the primary technical point of contact for the customer and other stakeholders (partners suppliers Naimuri management) as well as maintaining a close working relationship with the engineering team.

Your responsibilities will include solution architecture and delivery roadmap along with supporting the customer in their decision making.

You will engage regularly with other technical leads across the company both seeking and providing support. This will include time allocated to individual projects as well as wider engagement.

Key Role Accountabilities:

• Understands the technical aspects of the project and the wider customer business model.
• Creates and maintains the solution design and/or architecture of the solution.
• Ensures team members understand and adhere to project standards for quality documentation techniques and tools.
• Occasional hands-on coding where required.
• Identifies escalates & manages technical risk with Team Manager and/or Delivery Lead.
• Supports Team Manager and/or Product Owner with backlog prioritisation.
• Seen as a role model and mentor by the team.
• Follows and contributes to Agile project processes such as stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Provides input for longer term technical roadmaps.
• Challenges detail design choices within the team.
• Leads reviews on others code and designs.

You will be working closely with our development teams who are responsible for the following:

• Designing implementing documenting and maintaining software solutions.
• Full stack development using Java and Front End technologies such as React.
• Database development in Postgres or ElasticSearch
• Working with Product Owners and End Users delivering incremental value using Agile ways of working.
• Working in a DevOps way to help manage and maintain multiple environments using a bespoke platform (based around GitLab and Kubernetes).
• Building and adding to automated delivery pipelines (using GitLab CI and Flux CD).

About you:

Were looking for an experienced leader in software solution development. It would be advantageous if you have :

• Strong background in software engineering - preferably in java based development.
• Prior experience working in the public sector (e.g. central government or law enforcement) domain.
• Understanding and/or practical experience of working within Secure by Design (SbD) principles (ie/ JSP 440/604).
• Experience in designing solutions and working with engineers to deliver that solution.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG/GDS).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.

Location:

Our Head Office is based in Salford Quays Manchester with project based teams currently in London and Gloucestershire. We offer hybrid working where you can work from home for part of your working week with time on site being based on the needs of your assigned delivery and agreed Ways of Working for your team. This would normally be a maximum of one or two days per week but you would be welcome to spend more days in the office if you preferred.

For this role we would be interested to hear from applicants who are able to travel to and work from our London office in Vauxhall (with occasional on site visits to the customers offices).

Pay and benefits:

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your roles base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working and compressed hours which can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Our core hours are 10:00am - 4:00pm and our office opening hours are between 7:30 and 18:00 Monday to Friday. Most teams have agreed in office days to enable collaboration and you may also be required to attend a customer site (London) or on occasion to travel to our Naimuri office in Greater Manchester.

Benefits include:

• Flexible/Hybrid working options
• A company performance related bonus
• Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
• AXA group 1 medical cover
• Personal training & development time
• Holiday buy-back scheme
• A flexible benefits scheme

Recruitment Process:

We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.

We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements.