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Remote .NET Technical Lead ABOUT THE ROLE We are working with a UK-based, technology-led organisation that builds and operates mission-critical platforms used by large enterprise and public sector clients across the UK and Europe. They are hiring a Technical Lead / Lead Developer to strengthen technical leadership within a growing engineering function and to act as the day-to-day technical authority across multiple systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will remain close to the code while guiding engineering standards, improving consistency and supporting delivery at scale. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING • Acting as the technical lead for a distributed engineering team, • Writing production code across both backend and frontend, depending on project phase, • Reviewing code and improving quality, testing and consistency, • Leading technical discussions and day-to-day decision making, • Mentoring developers through code reviews and technical guidance, • Supporting customer-facing technical conversations when required, • Working closely with senior engineering leadership on delivery and architecture This is not a pure architect role and not a hands-off management position. TECH STACK This is a genuinely full-stack role with work split roughly 50/50, depending on priorities. Back End • C#, • Modern .NET, • API-led services, • SQL Server Architecture & Platform • Event-driven and asynchronous systems, • Messaging patterns, • Cloud-based infrastructure, • Docker and Kubernetes exposure Security • OIDC, • OAuth2, • SAML, • JWT, • Enterprise SSO implementations Front End • JavaScript / TypeScript, • Vue.js (version 3), • Composition API, • Axios and structured API patterns CURRENT FOCUS AREAS • Improving code quality and consistency across a complex platform estate, • Strengthening testing, observability and engineering standards, • Supporting onboarding and integration of new enterprise customers, • Evolving APIs and integration patterns as the platform scales AI & ENGINEERING PRACTICES AI-assisted development tools are already in use within the team. You will help: • Define sensible and consistent use of AI tools, • Introduce guardrails and best practices, • Use AI to improve productivity and code quality while maintaining engineering judgement TEAM & STRUCTURE • Lean, senior engineering team, • This role sits between the development team and senior engineering leadership, • No formal line management initially, but clear technical ownership REMOTE WORKING • Remote-first role, • Majority home-based, • Occasional in-person sessions for planning, reviews or architecture discussions, • Typically once per quarter, 2–3 days at a time, • All travel and accommodation covered SALARY & BENEFITS • Competitive senior-level salary £85,000 - £95,000, • Fully remote working model, 25 days holiday + bank INTERVIEW PROCESS • Two-stage interview process, • No coding tests, • Experience-led, technical discussions If this position is of interest, please apply now for immediate consideration.

Job Title: Senior/Principal Naval Architect Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol, Portsmouth or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing • Conducting analysis and evaluations of submarine platforms manoeuvring performances from concept design to in-service support, • Undertaking the development, verification and validation of mathematical manoeuvring models using physical model test data, • Managing the generation of safe manoeuvring envelopes and supporting associated operator guidance, • You will be working with enterprise partners to develop the modelling capability, processes and toolsets for use to support our major programmes, • Working collaboratively with other naval architecture teams, systems teams, Active Vehicle Control system teams and propulsion engineers as well as customers and suppliers to deliver innovative and safe submarine solutions Essential: • Experience in the generation of ship or submarine manoeuvring modelling, • A strong understanding of hydrodynamic principles and methods, • Hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and evaluation experience, • Physical testing experience As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Vehicle Control team As a Principal/Senior Naval Architect within the Vehicle Control team, you will be working alongside a team of experts within Naval Architecture and the Whole Boat Design Team in one of the largest and fastest growing Naval Architecture Departments in the UK. You will be working on some of the most complex ship design and build programmes ever undertaken to deliver cutting edge submarines to the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Closing Date: 17th March 2026 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-CB1 #LI-hybrid

Job Title: Application Architect Location: Warton ideally, other sites can be considered – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £74,000 + executive benefits What you’ll be doing: • Lead application domain strategy for the Air Sector, setting the vision and roadmap for application solutions within a specific business domain or area, • Oversee the Application Portfolio Management (APM) activities to manage obsolescence, and rationalisation of the applications used in the Sector, • Define and design application architecture blueprints and ensure alignment with business goals and technical standards, • Collaborate with functional application business owners and technical owners to deliver a consistent and coherent set of application roadmaps, • Ensure application specific data is owned, managed and curated within the Sector Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) repository, • Ensure application integration through designing and enforce standards for integrating applications with existing systems and platforms, • Evaluate and recommend technologies – Research, select, and justify technology stacks, frameworks, and tools to support application development. – Define standards and best practices, • Establish coding standards, design principles, and governance to maintain consistency and quality, • Oversee solution delivery – Provide architectural guidance throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure compliance with design, • Identify application architectural risks and ensure solutions meet security, regulatory, and performance requirements, • Support and train technical teams on architectural decisions and best practices Essential: • Experience in the delivery of application architecture standards and governance in a complex business environment, • Familiarity with IT governance frameworks, • A good communicator with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders, • Relevant Architecture or IT qualifications such as STEM degree, TOGAF or ITIL As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Group IM&T team Working with Group IM&T to design an overall structure for the applications used by the sector, setting standards and overseeing their implementation. Our goal is to ensure functional application roadmaps are agreed and recorded in the architecture repository and that they work together evaluating technology and managing risk to optimise performance, security and efficiency across the sector Maintaining the architecture components of the Sector Business Capability model and proposed updates/changes to it. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Closing Date: 3rd March 2026 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-AB1 #LI-hybrid