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# Lead Software Engineer - Secure Environment

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** Cheltenham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon S3, Big Data, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Distributed Systems, Github, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), PostgreSQL, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Redis, Cloud Services, Zero Trust Network Access, Systems Integration, Backend, Gitlab, Kotlin, Atlassian Tools, Apache Kafka, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** August 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/lead-software-engineer/sanderson-government-and-defence-job107829888

## About the Role

* 5+ years' experience delivering production-grade cloud solutions
 * Strong Java experience, with exposure to JVM languages such as Kotlin or Scala
 * Experience with Kafka or similar messaging platforms
 * Background in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust architectures
 * Experience integrating with services such as PostgreSQL, Redis and S3
 * Solid engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing, documentation, code reviews and continuous delivery
 * Comfortable using GitHub, GitLab and Atlassian tools
 * Strong TDD experience
 * Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed systems
 * Exposure to Big Data technologies

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help build and scale secure backend platforms used by National Security and Defence customers. You'll work on modern cloud-based systems using a mix of commercial and open-source technologies across private and public cloud environments.

What you'll be doing

 * Designing, building, deploying and improving backend services and platforms
 * Delivering features that meet both functional and non-functional requirements
 * Estimating and shaping user stories as part of an Agile team
 * Shipping small, frequent releases to keep momentum high
 * Working closely with other engineers in cross-functional teams
 * Building, optimising and running CI/CD pipelines
 * Owning and supporting the services your team delivers in production


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