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On behalf of Crown Commercial Services, we are looking for a Lead Software Engineer Inside IR35 for a DURATION contract based Hybrid London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newport, 

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

As a Lead Software Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

Essential:

The Head of Software Engineering provides strategic leadership for the design and build of high-quality digital products and services. The role is accountable for software engineering standards, development practices, and the professional capability of the software engineering community.

This role is responsible for ensuring software is designed, developed, and tested to meet agreed architectural, security, and operational standards.

Key Accountabilities

1. Software Engineering Strategy & Standards

•Define and lead the software engineering strategy for software design and development.

•Establish coding standards, testing practices (TDD) and peer review models.

•Ensure software is designed to meet architectural principles defined by Enterprise Architecture.

•Ensure software meets agreed security and operational non-functional requirements prior to transition to live.

•Drive codebase modernisation and application-level technical debt remediation.

•Champion API-first and cloud-native design patterns (in alignment with Cloud & Infrastructure strategy).

2. Software Engineering Capability & Profession

•Act as Head of Profession for Software Engineering.

•Define career pathways, capability frameworks and skills matrices.

•Provide leadership and mentorship to Lead Software Engineers and Software Engineering Managers.

•Foster a culture of continuous learning, psychological safety, and collaboration.

•Lead the recruitment, retention, and career development of the software engineers.

•Coach Senior Engineers, helping them grow into strategic technical leaders.

•Direct line management the permanent Software Engineering team

•Manage the mix of civil service and third party resources

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

Crown Commercial Services guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".