We have an opportunity available for you to join our forward-thinking Agile development teams as a Lead Engineer (Azure, C#, Python). Based in Southampton, you will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary depending on experience, plus benefits.
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and a world-leading geospatial data and technology organisation. As a reliable partner to government, business and citizens across Britain and the world, OS helps its customers in virtually all sectors improve quality of life. OS expertise and data supports efficient public services and infrastructure, new technologies in transport and communications, national security and emergency services and exploring the great outdoors. By being at the forefront of geospatial capability for more than 225 years, we’ve built a reputation as the world’s most inspiring and trusted geospatial partner.
We offer fantastic benefits to our Lead Engineer (Azure, C#, Python):
- Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
- Competitive pension
- 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
- Training and development
- A wide range of additional benefits including free parking, paid volunteer day, support with health and wellbeing, sports and social activities, staff discount on over 500 national stores and more
About the role:
We’re looking for a highly motivated Lead Engineer (Azure, C#, Python) to come and lead a forward-thinking agile team working on our next generation data platform, this exciting role will challenge you to understand requirements and develop cutting edge solutions for our customers.
You will be confident building scalable, performant systems that are easy to maintain and support. Experience around Designing, Deploying, Debugging, Testing, Scaling, Securing and Monitoring modern cloud-based systems is desired. A knowledge of or interest in Geospatial data is beneficial but not essential.
You will have the opportunity to work with stakeholders, Project Managers and Delivery Managers to help shape the project delivery and lead your team. You will continuously improve the engineering capability in all aspects of the engineering lifecycle through coaching and mentoring.
We will encourage you to identify opportunities to maximise development benefit within your team, and to support and improve systems that you have developed.
Here’s a snapshot of technologies that you’ll be working with:
Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud Services, Databricks/Spark, Big Data, Containers, Container Platforms and Cosmos DB.
Our ideal Lead Engineer (Azure, C#, Python) will have the following knowledge, skills and experience:
- Software engineering & industry best practice (e.g. SOLID, Agile, TDD, BDD)
- Knowledge in one or more of the following: Azure, Azure DevOps, C#, Python, Java, Databricks
- System development in Azure cloud environments
- Demonstrable ability to lead, coach and mentor engineering teams (including work item management)
- Influencing key business & technical stakeholders
- Implementing new engineering techniques within development teams
- Technical delivery
Closing date: Wednesday 1st April
Our engineering team is working to develop the next generation of cloud-based systems, that drive our world leading geospatial and business applications. If you would like to be part of this, click ‘apply’ today to submit your application or to find out more about the Lead Engineer (Azure, C#, Python) role – we would love to hear from you.