18 lead software engineer jobs found

Lead Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer (Python & Django) Contract Length: 12 Months Rate: Up to £750 per day (Umbrella) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Clearance Required: Active SC Clearance Working Pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite Locations London Manchester Birmingham Cardiff Darlington The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer with strong Python and Django expertise to join a major digital transformation programme operating within a secure and highly regulated environment. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable digital services supporting business-critical systems. Working within a modern agile delivery environment, you will play a key role in shaping technical solutions, leading engineering activities, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with a passion...

Lead Software Engineer (Python, Django) Inside IR35 | Up to £750/day (Umbrella) | 12-month contract Hybrid – 40% onsite (London / Manchester / Birmingham / Cardiff / North East) SC clearance will be required for onboarding We are currently supporting a confidential central government programme in the search for an experienced Lead Software Engineer (Python, Django) to join a high-performing digital delivery team building secure, user-centred services within a GDS-aligned environment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited to an experienced engineer who can operate across architecture, delivery, and live service support, while leading multidisciplinary agile squads to deliver complex, integrated systems. You’ll be working in a regulated, security-focused domain supporting critical national services related to controlled goods and export systems. The Role As a Lead Software Engineer, you will: * Lead the design, build, and delivery of scalable, secure software...

Lead Python Software Engineer - Hybrid from Leatherhead or London - Circa £650 per day Inside ir35 - 12 months Please note: Due to the nature of the project, successful applicants will be required to be SC cleared prior to appointment. Mandatory requirements: At least 7 years of experience using Python for OOP and functional programming Experience of leading software development teams and mentoring of junior members Experience of unit, integration and end to end testing with a delivering 'quality' mindset Experience creating designs and documentation Experience of working with data processing pipelines Working knowledge of DevOps and Cloud/virtualisation Platforms A passion for learning new technologies and innovation Excellent interpersonal skillsDesirable: Experience of working on AWS Experience of working with Elastic and Kibana Containerisation experience such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc This temporary contract...

Order Ref: (phone number removed) Position Title: Senior Engineer - Stability Control Systems & Driveline Duration: 10 Month Contract Location: Gaydon Rate: £33.88 per hour inside IR35 About the Role At Contechs, we are supporting a leading automotive OEM in the search for a Senior Engineer - Stability Control Systems & Driveline to join their Vehicle Dynamics team. This team is responsible for delivering world-class ride, steering, handling, and stability control systems. You will play a key role in developing and delivering advanced stability functions including Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), ABS, Torque Vectoring, Traction Control, and Driveline Distribution. This is a highly hands-on role, covering the full lifecycle from requirements definition through to calibration, validation, and vehicle sign-off, working across multiple vehicle platforms. Key Responsibilities Own the delivery of Stability Control Systems (SCS), ABS and driveline calibration for...

Job Title: Technical Delivery Lead - Data Engineering Lead (Hands-on Python / Databricks) Contract: 6 months - Potentially extension. Location: London Hybrid (5 days in 10 in the office) Rate: Highly competitive Status: Inside IR35 Working pattern: Full time We are seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Lead with strong expertise in Python, Databricks, and Apache Spark to lead the successful delivery of enterprise-scale data engineering initiatives.. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical delivery, solution design, and data engineering expertise. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of a greenfield data platform while remaining actively involved in development activities. Essential Skills Proven experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering. Previous experience in a Technical Lead, Lead Data Engineer, or Technical Delivery Lead position. Strong hands-on expertise with Python. Extensive experience with Databricks, including Workflows,...

Salesforce Principal Engineer Rate: £465–£510 per day (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 months Location: Remote (1 day per week onsite in Windsor initially) We are looking for a highly skilled Salesforce Principal Engineer to join a leading enterprise on a 6-month contract. This is a hybrid role based in Windsor, UK, requiring one day per week in the office initially. As a Principal Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and shape the Salesforce platform architecture across multiple teams. You will define standards, guide best practices, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions while influencing engineering direction across the business. Key Responsibilities * Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to Salesforce developers and stakeholders * Define and maintain Salesforce system architecture, integration patterns, and platform standards * Shape and deliver mobile and digital capabilities that enhance safety, compliance, customer...

Principal Firmware Engineer (FPGA) – 1701 Location: Edinburgh (primarily onsite, with limited remote working) Duration: 12 Months (Inside IR35) Rate: £70 per hour Umbrella We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance. Overview An opportunity has arisen for a Principal Firmware Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team developing advanced FPGA and firmware solutions for complex, high-performance electronic systems. The role covers the full development lifecycle, including requirements capture, architecture development, FPGA design, integration, verification, and qualification activities. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, support engineering best practice, and contribute to the development of next-generation digital systems. Key Responsibilities Lead the development of FPGA and firmware solutions for complex electronic...

Lead Firmware Engineer Edinburgh 12-Month Contract Paying up to £80p/h (Inside IR35) Key Responsibilities Ability to analyse system-level requirements and capture/ derive detailed FW requirements. Specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route. Integrating and debugging complex systems where the Firmware interacts with Hardware and Software. Deliver firmware for complex digital systems that meet challenging future customer requirements Mentor junior members of the team to help enhance their skills and knowledge in all aspects of Firmware development. Required Experience Degree (BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc, PhD) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or similar engineering/science course Experience in firmware design techniques and tools, from VHDL to place-and-route Experience in FPGA architectures such as system-on-chip (e.g. Xilinx Versal) Experience of auto-generated code using model driven engineering using MATLAB and Simulink tools Experience...

Software Architect Engineer - (phone number removed) - £33.99/hr (Umbrella Rate - Inside IR35) Step into an exciting opportunity to shape the future of software engineering as a Software Architect Engineer. This role offers you the chance to work on cutting-edge projects, contributing to the development of innovative technologies in the automotive sector. If you're passionate about software architecture and thrive in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment, this is your chance to make a real impact. What You Will Do: - Define and design complex software processes, converting stakeholder needs into effective software solutions. - Create and specify the overall software structure, ensuring seamless integration of requirements, constraints, and dependencies. - Develop architectural guidelines, technical standards, and coding protocols to support current and future technological advancements. - Communicate software architecture designs effectively to stakeholders, ensuring...

On behalf of Department Business and Trade, we are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer Inside IR35 for a 12 months contract based hybrid London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sunderland or Belfast. SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active SC clearance. A Senior Engineer responsible for designing, building, running, and continuously improving software that meets user needs. You will write clean, secure, and test-driven code, ensuring solutions are open by default and easily reusable by others. The role involves delivering integrated software solutions as part of a complete service, with accountability for both development and live service operation. You...

On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Electronics Design Engineer to join my client on an initial 12 month contract. As the Electronics Design Engineer you will be responsible for developing cutting-edge electronic solutions for weapon systems. This will include on board missile sub-systems and Land, Sea and Air based Firing Units. Your role will entail responsibility for the quality and performance of the electronic solution together with providing cost and schedule updates to a project manager. Role: Electronics Design Engineer Pay: Up to £58 per hour via Umbrella Location: Stevenage Contract: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week, 12 months contract IR35 Status: Inside Security Clearance: Security Clearance before starting, UK Eyes only project Responsibilities: You will be responsible for developing cutting-edge electronic solutions for weapon systems. This will include on board missile sub-systems and Land, Sea and Air based Firing Units. Your role will entail...

Join a world-renowned aerospace organisation as a Senior Electrical Engineer Building Services in Preston 1-3 days per week Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for Senior Electrical Engineer to add to their talented, hardworking team in Preston on an initial 12 months contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same. The rate per hour: £60.69 per hour inside IR35 / umbrella The role: Reports to the RE&I S Programmes Principal Building Services Engineer. Assist or lead the preparation of a range of documents and concept design solutions for projects in support if land, sea, and air operations, personnel training, and production & maintenance facilities throughout the UK. Work as part of a high performing team to deliver construction / FM projects to ensure the correct Engineering support is applied through the project lifecycle. Management and oversight of external...

Opportunity: Principal Highways Engineer Location: Greater Manchester Rate: Negotiable and Competitive Duration: 9 months + IR35: Inside We are seeking an experienced Principal Highways Engineer to support a busy Highway design and Construction team. Responsibilities: * Support the HDC Team Manager by reporting risks, opportunities, performance, and delivery issues across projects. * Lead, coordinate, and support junior engineers, working closely with Team Leaders and Project Managers. * Collaborate with Project Managers, Feasibility Leads, and wider internal and external stakeholders to ensure design development aligns with agreed project outcomes. * Lead and coordinate detailed design activities including civil, street lighting, and 3D/vertical design, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and procedures. * Coordinate integrated design delivery across disciplines, including traffic signals, traffic management, and statutory utilities, securing necessary...

Position Title: Integration Engineer Duration: Contract Location: Gaydon Based in West Midlands £35.80 per hour (Inside IR35) *Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility, to work full time, and travel within, the UK* Duties: This role is to lead the diagnosis of software and systems issues in the development phase of automotive vehicle platforms. The successful candidate will be part of the Central Systems Integration team. CSI have the key responsibility of planning and coordinating delivery of software from multiple ECUs which when combined deliver the features and systems of the vehicle under development. This particular role within CSI will focus on issues resolution, specifically understanding root cause and assisting with resolution of systems and software issues within the vehicle. They will engage directly with complex issues to aid with data gathering, defining the problem, analysing the data with the intent to understand which team...

Application Solution Architect 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £575 per day London based - hybrid working - 2 days a week on site Finance sector - previous experience in this sector required Overview We are seeking an experienced Application Solution Architect to lead enterprise application modernisation initiatives. This is a hands-on architecture leadership role. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining target architectures, leading application transformation programmes, and establishing architectural standards and design principles across the organisation. This is an out-and-out Solution Architect role, with a strong emphasis on application modernisation rather than infrastructure or enterprise architecture. Key Responsibilities Application Modernisation Leadership Lead the assessment and modernisation of legacy and monolithic applications. Develop application modernisation strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures. Drive the...

DV Cleared End User Computing Technical Lead £720 Per Day, Inside IR35 Taunton - 4 Days Per Week On-site DV Clearance Require 6 Months Contract Your new company A large Government organisation based in Taunton Your new role The EUC Technical Lead acts as the senior technical authority for all end-user computing (desktops, laptops, mobile, peripherals), handling escalations, complex troubleshooting, and mentoring the team while driving best practices and standards. They also lead evaluation and rollout of new EUC technologies, ensure security/compliance, identify improvement opportunities through support trend analysis, and represent EUC interests on cross-team projects. Responsibilities Advanced Support & Escalation (30%) - Senior escalation point for complex/high-impact incidents; resolves intricate issues across devices; guides engineers during major incidents. Technical Leadership & Mentoring (20%) - Coaches the team, advises on difficult cases and emerging...

Network Engineer +18 months + +DV cleared - current active clearance +Hybrid working in Corsham +Inside IR35 +£575 - £625 a day We are seeking an experienced Network Consultant / Network Engineer to join a highly skilled technical team responsible for the design, development, implementation and support of complex, secure network infrastructures. This role will focus on designing, building and validating both physical and virtual networking solutions within a highly secure environment. You will work across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements and design through to implementation, testing, documentation and operational support. This is an excellent opportunity for a network professional operating at CCNP level or above who enjoys working across architecture, implementation, testing and stakeholder engagement within challenging and technically demanding environments. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, build and validate network infrastructure components....

Tooling Design Engineer Ampthill, Bedfordshire Contract (6 months), inside IR35, 37.5h, 4 day working week Monday to Thursday About the Role The Operations Engineering team provides engineering resources to support Operational performance and major product development projects; from design through to engineering build and production support, to end of life of product. The team provides full product lifecycle support including prototype design & build, development and integration of the build documentation and supporting requirements of full production build. This role will be required to provide technical support to the team in the design, development and implementation of industrial tools, jigs, fixtures, prototype model production and machine attachments required for production or experimental use, considering such factors as accessibility, economy, mobility, performance requirements and ensure legislative compliance is adhered to. A thorough working knowledge of CAD...