Lead Engineer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£62,732 to £69,006 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Manchester
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Oct 2026

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Summary

Please note: interviews will be held in person, further information can be found in the selection process section. 

We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of  60% of their working time in the office.  Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.  

Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

This role offers a balance of hands-on engineering and technical leadership. Approximately 50% of your time will be spent actively contributing to software development and technical delivery, with the remainder focused on leading multidisciplinary teams, influencing strategic direction, and supporting the growth of the Engineering profession.

The Lead Engineer will drive the technical delivery of their team, managing their workload and ensuring the right skills are available. You will be responsible for the work undertaken by your Developers and DevOps staff, including engineering heath.

You will also be expected to work with Seniors and Principals to ensure that services produced are best practice, including meeting HO Engineering Standards. You should have a solid technical background and will be able to apply these skills if required to provide guidance to your team. You will also maintain a broad perspective, monitoring technology developments such that you can support strategy formations.

Along with the other Senior, Lead and Principal Engineers and other Principals in your area you will be responsible for ensuring that all technical approaches being used are appropriate and endorsed, and will take part in planning with senior stakeholders to make sure that product delivery and maintenance is on a firm basis. Your remit may be across the engineering function but working closely with Architects and other professions.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We would encourage applications from candidates with experience or interests in the following technologies:

Java, Kotlin
JavaScript, Typescript. React
Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra.
DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform.
AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI.

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