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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- **Location:** Leeds, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,026.0 - £92,522.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Node.Js, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Event Driven Architecture, Non-relational Database, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** June 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-59BC7E75641EC93F76/

## About the Role

* You can lead multiple engineering teams, guiding how they work and helping them improve how they deliver software
 * You're highly skilled in modern programming languages like Java or JavaScript/Node, and understand how to apply them at scale
 * You've worked extensively with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, building and running services in live environments
 * You understand Test-Driven Development and use it to improve quality, reliability, and confidence in software
 * You're comfortable working with both relational and non-relational databases like Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB
 * You can influence and communicate complex technical ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders

## Description

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll lead approx. 5 engineering teams, working alongside other senior leaders in Health and Disability to shape direction, strategy and delivery. This isn't a role focused on hands-on coding - it's about leading engineering excellence across multiple teams, ensuring the right practices and standards are consistently applied.

By aligning ways of working, removing blockers, and encouraging reuse and collaboration, you'll enable teams to deliver high-quality services at pace.

You'll sit as part of the senior leadership team for your area, influencing long-term technology strategy and helping to define how DWP continues to modernise its digital estate. You'll bring teams on that journey - coaching, mentoring and building capability so that engineering communities grow stronger and more effective over time.

Your work will directly support the shift towards modern architectures, including microservices and event-driven design, ensuring services are scalable, resilient and able to meet the needs of millions of users.

You'll succeed if you care deeply about engineering excellence, enjoy developing others, and want to shape how one of the UK's largest digital organisations delivers services in the future.


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