Software Team Lead

As a Software Team Lead, you live and breathe leading technical teams from the front; ensuring best practice and delivery whilst gaining exposure to an increasingly interesting customer base. Your knowledge will be deep, you will use it to define novel technical approaches to mission critical projects that keep the country safe.
This isn’t sat in middle management delivering performance reviews, appraisals or sitting through disciplinary meetings; it’s an opportunity to challenge yourself technically at the forefront of innovation whilst mentoring the next generation. 
Roke are a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Industry 4.0 through our Futures business and Intelligence as a Service. You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges. 
As our next Software Team Lead, you’ll be leading technically from the front but will also have the opportunity to;
Engage with customers
Prepare and contribute to technical proposals or bids
Support the customer account team with business development
Cross-coordinate with delivery management to escalate risks, plan deliveries and support resourcing. 

The Key Requirements...

Experience leading teams delivering software projects in Agile, customer facing environments.

It would be great if you had a deep understanding of one of the below; 
Cloud technologies (AWS / Azure / GCP)
Full stack web application development
Mobile applications
Software as a Service (SaaS)
API development
Front-end development and UX

Built on over 60 years heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.
Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years, we intend to double our headcount by 2027. At Roke, every individual counts. We push technical boundaries, together. We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference.
You will build world leading software teams that make the extraordinary, every day. You’ll innovate and invent to keep the country safe, always adopting the best tool that suits the problem at hand.
 
Where you’ll work…
Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, you’ll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base. Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk.

The Benefits and Perks... 

Hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of your monthly hours working at your base/client location, subject to role requirements
Flexi-time: Working hours to suit you and your life
Annual bonus: Based on profit share and personal performance
Private medical insurance: Includes cover for existing conditions
Holiday: 25 days plus public holidays and your birthday off
Chemring Share Save: Monthly savings into a 3 or 5 year plan.

Clearances…
Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve SC and DV clearance. As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the U.K. for the last 5 years for SC and 10 years for DV.

The Next Step...
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you