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Senior Squad Lead – Application Development

United Kingdom, Newcastle Employment contract 130000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted May 19, 2026
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You've spent years shipping code at scale. You're exceptional at it. But somewhere between your fourth performance review cycle and your third reorg, you started wondering whether this is what engineering was supposed to feel like. Newcastle onsite (relocation considered). Due to programme security requirements, this role is open to sole UK nationals only. Candidates must be eligible for or already hold SC clearance. Tools: C#, Java, Python. Up To £130K.

Job Responsibility

  • Leading a pod/squad of 6 developers on a range of applications development, primarily back-end development
  • Working on a range of defence applications from data analytics and Intelligence platforms, defence AI, drones to command-and-control systems
  • Solving complex engineering problems with brilliant people

Requirements

  • Leading a pod/squad of 6 developers on a range of applications development, primarily back-end development
  • Broad experience in platform, deployment and hosting (AWS or Azure), SQL database experience and a range of web frameworks exposure as well as API design and development
  • C#, Java or Python and their associated frameworks
  • Curiosity as a leader, with high EQ
  • Track record of performant pod or squad leadership
  • Sole UK nationals only
  • Eligible for or already hold SC clearance

What we offer

Highly competitive salary, without the London cost of living eating most of it

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