Addition
Lead Software Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Join a fast-growing technology business delivering impactful data and AI solutions across complex defence environments.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll shape technical direction, lead delivery teams, and build scalable software that makes a real-world difference.
Role Overview:
- Location: Bath area (3 days on-site per week)
- Package: Competitive salary + annual bonus + extensive benefits package
- Industry: Data, AI & Software Engineering
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex software engineering projects from concept through to deployment
- Oversee the design, development, testing, and release of scalable, production-ready solutions
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders
- Develop and optimise data pipelines using Python and SQL
- Deliver AI-enabled solutions, including systems leveraging Large Language Models
- Champion engineering best practices across version control, CI/CD, cloud deployment, and containerisation
- Mentor and support engineers, helping to grow technical capability across the team
- Coordinate project delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring quality and accountability
- Translate business challenges into practical technical solutions and delivery strategies
- Contribute to proposals, bids, and identifying new technical opportunities
- Drive continuous improvement across engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Provide technical leadership across both client projects and internal initiatives
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Main Skills Needed:
- Strong experience leading software engineering projects through full delivery lifecycles
- Advanced Python expertise, including OOP, concurrency, recursion, and decorators
- Solid experience building backend services, APIs, and data engineering pipelines
- Strong SQL skills and experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL or SQL Server
- Experience working within cloud environments such as AWS or Azure
- Strong understanding of Docker, containerisation, and Linux-based environments
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
- Confident working within Git-based development workflows and code review processes
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and manage delivery across multiple projects
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and decision-making abilities
- Experience with C++ or Fortran would be beneficial but isn’t essential
- DV clearance or eligibility to obtain it is required
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What’s in It for You:
- Annual performance bonus
- 26 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
- BUPA private healthcare
- Enhanced family leave policies
- £1,000 annual learning and development budget
- Hybrid working flexibility
Careers move fast. Let’s make sure yours is heading the right way.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
By applying you are confirming you are happy to be added to the Addition Solutions mailing list regarding future suitable positions. You can opt out of this at any time simply by contacting one of our consultants.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location