Agile Engineering Lead
18 days ago
Cheltenham
Agile Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security Package - £110,000 – £120,000 + dv bonus + excellent package Location - Cheltenham - Hybrid Clearance - eDV Clearance Required Overview Our exciting client is seeking an Engineering Lead to build and lead small, high-performing Agile teams (4–8 engineers) delivering secure, scalable solutions within the UK National Security (NatSec) domain. This is a hands-on leadership role combining architecture, software engineering, and team leadership, with a focus on Software, AI, data platforms, and cloud-native systems. Key Responsibilities • Lead and mentor Agile engineering teams, driving high-quality, rapid delivery (DevSecOps), • Own solution architecture, designing for secure and constrained environments., • Lead the implementation of the "underpinning tech" for AI, including data pipelines., • Act as a trusted advisor to UK Government stakeholders., • Define technical roadmaps and support cloud transformation (AWS/Azure) Core Skills • Background in UK National Security / Defence / Government., • Strong leadership experience in software engineering teams., • Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java (+ TypeScript/Node.js desirable), • Expertise in AWS or Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), • Strong grounding in SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB), • Experience with CI/CD, microservices, TDD/BDD., • Knowledge of secure system design. Desirable (AI & Data) • Vector DBs: Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone, • Data orchestration: Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, • Search: ElasticSearch / OpenSearch, • AI frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face, • MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow If you are looking for an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the forefront of UK National Security? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.