Technical Lead (Software Development)

In this role you shape the engineering direction for digital public services, working across product teams within a high-profile UK Government programme. You mentor technical leaders, drive engineering excellence, and responsibly introduce AI to improve delivery and service outcomes. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver secure, scalable solutions and help grow your career within a leading technology consultancy. This hybrid role requires UK security clearance or eligibility.

• competitive salary
• excellent pension
• private healthcare
• share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching)
• CGI Partner model
• Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award

• Lead & mentor Technical Leads across multiple teams to foster technical excellence
• Review and guide complex software designs with hands-on leadership when needed
• Collaborate with architects, Product Managers and Delivery Managers to translate architecture into delivery
• Champion secure software development, code quality, automated testing and DevOps practices
• Drive delivery of cloud-native services using modern engineering approaches
• Identify and introduce AI-enabled capabilities to improve user services and operations
• Promote AI-assisted software engineering practices to boost productivity and quality
• Manage technical risks, cross-team dependencies and delivery challenges
• Support and develop engineering talent through mentoring, coaching, recruitment and onboarding
• Influence and improve engineering standards across the programme

• Significant experience leading software engineering teams delivering complex digital services
• Proven experience mentoring Technical Leads and senior engineers
• Hands-on software engineering with Java, Angular, Node.js and Express.js
• Experience designing and supporting distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or other enterprise SQL databases
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, including AKS, Azure Service Bus and Application Insights
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Git, Jenkins and Terraform
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in highly regulated or public sector environments is advantageous
• Understanding of AI-assisted software development and Azure OpenAI or similar is desirable
• Knowledge of responsible AI principles and governance is desirable

• Stakeholder management
• Communication across technical and non-technical audiences
• Mentoring and coaching
• Java
• Angular
• Node.js