Lead Software Engineer

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Location: London

Experience: 8 years onwards

About the Job you are considering:

We are seeking experienced software Engineer with strong expertise in Banking and Finance domain who will overseeing the planning, execution, and successful delivery of projects

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

• Technology Expertise you will have experience as the technology expert on a development team where you were responsible for everything from planning to delivering key features and management of those features To be successful in the role you will need to quickly develop a deep understanding of the products and business goals which you can translate into technology direction design and decisions
• Experience of Insurance and Reinsurance business and supporting technologies Andor experience leading implementation programs for the same is preferable
• Agile and Scaled Agile practices you know about and can lead on a range of Agile and Scaled Agile tools and techniques and be an advocate for these tools and techniques
• You can establish a feedback loop for teams you can take responsibility for the translation and measurement of value what you put in and what you will get out and ensure this relates to UW Technology Initiatives objectives and business needs You can ensure the team has a situational awareness of work and priorities across the team
• Communication skills you know how to communicate effectively across organisational technical and geographical boundaries understanding the context You can advocate and communicate what a team does to create trust and authenticity You know how to successfully react and respond to challenge
• Lifecycle perspective you understand the different phases of product delivery and can contribute to plan or run these You can maintain a product or process through the delivery phases into live and then into ongoing support You know how to lead a team through the different phases of the delivery product life cycle
• You can maintain and iterate a product over time to continuously meet user needs You understand incident management and service support so that products are built effectively
• Making the process work you focus on the outcome You can challenge and improve disproportionate organisational processes where it impacts the pace of the team You can identify what works best for the team and when to utilise certain processes
• You understand that all steps in a process must add value

Your Skills:

Technical Experience proven experience a minimum of three years as a Technical Lead Solutions Engineer or similar role working within Agile frameworks and associated architectures design coding languages and testing deployment tools including the following

 Angular 6

Java JavaScript JSON

CiCd pipeline build deployment tools e.g. Bamboo

 Micro services APIs

 Cloud experience AWS Azure and serverless code deployment

API integration experience REST preferred Open API

 Understanding of event driven architecture

Different AWS deployment methods and skills e.g. native EC2 Pivotal Cloud Foundry JVM Docker Lambda Step Function DynamoDB SNSSQS S3 etc

Familiar with design thinking behaviour and test-driven development familiarity with test and learn approaches

Experience of SQL database development SSIS and cloud deployment e.g. RDS in AWS

Knowledge of containerised deployments and optimisation techniques tools e.g. Docker Fargate Kubernetes

Experience of working with wider project teams including Scrum Masters Product Owners Business Analysts and Testers

Experience of producing technical support documentation

Experience of writing technical specifications User Stories

Experience of working within the full development lifecycle i.e. development unit testing and release management

Experience of source code repositories code branching and version control systems e.g. GIT and TFS

Keen interest and working attitude to AI and Agentic Workflows

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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