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# Software Team Leader

- **Company:** Defence
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £45,000.0 - £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Software Tools, Software Engineering, Scripting, Safety Critical Systems, Information Technology, Polarion
- **Published:** October 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5937798147

## About the Role

* Degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline, such as Software Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, Physics, or Mathematics
 * Proven experience leading and developing software engineering teams delivering complex or safety-critical systems
 * Demonstrated ability to plan, assign, and deliver work packages while balancing technical quality, schedule, and cost
 * Practical experience across multiple stages of the software lifecycle, such as requirements, design, implementation, integration, and verification
 * Working knowledge of relevant engineering tools, such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, or CAMEO, and programming in C/C++ and/or Assembler, with scripting in Python
 * Background in defence and security systems

## Description

* Provide technical and people leadership for software engineering teams delivering safety-critical systems within our Rochester business
 * Own the end-to-end planning and delivery of software work packages, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, and technical dependencies, proactively managing trade-offs to meet programme objectives
 * Build, sustain, and evolve software teams with the right blend of skills and experience, ensuring capability and capacity align with current delivery needs and future programme demands
 * Maintain clear delivery oversight, including progress tracking and financial assurance, to support accurate and predictable reporting
 * Collaborate closely with systems, project, and discipline leads to align technical delivery with programme objectives

Technologies:

 * Support
 * Python
 * Security, We are seeking a Software Team Leader to join our team in Kent. This permanent role is with a leading organisation in the defence and security sector and offers the opportunity to work on advanced, technology-led defence systems that contribute to a safer future. You would join a dynamic and talented team.