Lead Software Engineer

Technical Lead / Lead Software Engineer

Bristol | Hybrid Working 3x per week onsite

Permanent

£64,000 – £89,375 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

SC Clearance Required

We are supporting a growing National Security and Defence organisation with the appointment of a Technical Lead / Lead Software Engineer to help establish and grow a new engineering capability in Bristol.

This is a senior Lead opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys combining hands-on technical oversight with people leadership, mentoring, and delivery responsibility. The role will initially involve working closely with established teams before leading the development of a dedicated Bristol-based team supporting multiple secure programmes.

The successful lead software engineer will operate within a matrix environment across a variety of projects spanning cloud, DevOps, software engineering, and AI-enabled capabilities within highly secure and safety-cri...