Technical Lead

DWP Digital

Longbenton

1 year ago

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Technical LeadPay up to £78,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.Are you a Software Engineer or Technical Lead with experience of working with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to create cutting edge, innovative cloud-based solutions in a business-critical team?If so, The Garage has an exciting opportunity for you!DWP. Digital with Purpose.To date, The Garage has developed and deployed over 75 solutions that have processed over 50 million transactions. Recognised as a government leader in intelligent automation, The Garage is also acknowledged as leading the way across industry.As a deep technical specialist, you will regularly communicate with a range of technical resources, including Architects, Enterprise Infrastructure teams and Product Owners, to ensure alignment to standards and the delivery of customer-focused products that meet business needs throughout their life.The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?Lead criterion - Experience of creating cloud-based solutions using JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, SQL, Docker. *Experience of communicating effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels within an organisation.Experience of leading multiple agile teams delivering a diverse range of projects.Experience of building and maintaining infrastructure-as-code.Experience of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.Awareness of open-source AI/ML models and how to utilise them in cloud-based solutions.You and your roleAs a Technical Lead in The Garage, you will be accountable for the day-to-day product development and coordination of multiple technical teams to deliver and maintain products and services for DWP.The Technical Lead will provide technical input into business discussions as required based on their deep technical experience in areas such as software development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, and solution architecture.You will deliver innovative, robust, secure, scalable and cost-effective automation products to be proud of. Our Technical Leads utilise a blend of the latest techniques and technologies such as event-driven architecture, microservice architecture, serverless computing, containerisation, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and optical character recognition.Details. Wages. Perks.Location: You'll join us in our brilliant digital hub in Newcastle, only a short Metro ride from the city centreHybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £78,517.Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policiesTime off volunteering and charitable givingBring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and moreInterest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a differenceProfessional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.Process:We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.Interview: a single stage interview online.CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.TPBN1_UKTJ

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