CG DWP Lead Software Engineer

CG DWP Lead Software Engineer focuses on provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.

What the role involves

• Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
• Test, and deploy secure, scalable backend services and APIs.
• Champion microservices architecture and event-driven systems using Kafka and SQS.
• Leading infrastructure-as-code practices with Terraform for deployments.
• Manage containerised applications using Docker and AWS ECS.
• Implement secure authentication and authorisation solutions with AWS Cognito.

Skills and requirements

• Software development experience with the relevant language, framework, or platform is important.

Confirmed role details

• Based bonus structure.
• Company pension plan through Nest.
• 25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays.

Candidate fit

• technical problem-solving, code quality, testing discipline, and clear collaboration

Additional role context

• We're looking for a Lead Software Developer with deep expertise in backend development and cloud-native technologies to join our growing team.
• Lead technical delivery on high-impact government programmes, shaping solutions that are secure, scalable, and user-focused.
• As a Lead, you'll guide development teams, make key architectural decisions, and mentor colleagues while remaining hands-on with coding and delivery.