Software Team Lead

Great ideas come from different minds. That’s why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background — and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most.
And as the challenges evolve, so do we — working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

Software Team Lead

Join Us in Securing the Nation’s Future
Are you ready to make a real impact? At the forefront of national security, Roke are a trusted partner delivering mission-critical solutions that protect the UK and its interests. 

As a Software Team Lead, you live and breathe leading technical teams from the front, ensuring best practice and delivery whilst gaining exposure to an increasingly interesting customer base. Your knowledge will be deep; you will use it to define novel technical approaches to mission critical projects that keep the country safe. 

This is your opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Big Data, and Digital Transformation—helping to shape the future of national security.

Your Mission
This isn’t sat in middle management delivering performance reviews, appraisals or sitting through disciplinary meetings; it’s an opportunity to challenge yourself technically at the forefront of innovation whilst mentoring the next generation. 

What You’ll Do
•    Providing direction within the scrum team
•    Liaise with the engineering lead
•    Be able to help the scrum team decompose user requests and key results into epics and stories.
•    Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach
•    Create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse
•    Translate logical designs into physical designs
•    Produce detailed designs
•    Effectively document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate
•    Work with well understood and emerging technologies and identify appropriate patterns
•    Integrating API / UI components with existing data stores and APIs
•    Maintain and develop existing architectural components including Data Ingest, Data Stores and REST APIs
•    Participate in sprint ceremonies with the agile team, attending daily stand-ups, epic decomposition, demos and planning sessions.
•    Assist the wider team to understand upcoming API features and their impact on
•    Collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally
•    Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user 

What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for individuals with a blend of analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement, and a passion for national security. Ideal candidates will have knowledge in some of the following:
•    Programming languages such as Python, Java, Golang, JavaScript or C++
•    Front end frameworks – at least one of React / VueJS / AngularJS
•    Web solutions such as Node.js, Nginx, Caddy or Uvicorn
•    Understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
•    Experience with containerisation – Docker, Podman and K8s
•    Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
•    Scripting languages – Bash or PowerShell
•    Most importantly, able to learn “just in time” to adopt cutting edge new technologies and paradigms 

Why Join Us?
•    Purpose-Driven Work: Contribute to projects that protect lives and national interests.
•    Innovation at the Core: Work with leading-edge technologies in AI, Cyber, and Cloud.
•    Career Growth: Be part of a growing business with clear progression paths and investment in your development.
•    Culture of Excellence: Join a team of experts who are passionate, collaborative, and mission-focused.
•    Flexible Working: Hybrid model with time spent at our state-of-the-art offices, working remotely and possibly at client sites.

Built on over a 60-year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical work that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Where You’ll Work – Woking 
Woking - You’ll find our Woking site in a modern building on the outskirts of London. Rated excellent for sustainability by BREEAM & Fitwel certified – you’ll feel better for visiting. This site provides key links to our customers in London, is a 5-minute walk from the train station, has secure parking nearby and dedicated cycle storage.

There is an expectation that a proportion of your time may be spent working on client sites in the London area.

Clearance
Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible and willing to achieve DV clearance. 

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.

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