Staff Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer

Full-time

Company Description

Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Job Description

Description

The staff engineer role is a senior technical role within the team. With a keen interest in technology, innovation and collaboration they keep their knowledge current, continuously seeking to design, build and deliver better than yesterday. Staff Engineers seek to create industry-leading solutions in a way that moves the products forward. They are keen to explore how advances in technology might support on-going continuous improvement and provide input to the department strategies, practices, toolkits and processes.

Core Responsibilities

SFIA Responsibility Level: 4 - Enable

Autonomy

Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Uses substantial discretion in identifying and responding to complex issues and assignments as they relate to the deliverable/scope of work. Escalates when issues fall outside their framework of accountability. Plans, schedules and monitors work to meet given objectives and processes to time and quality targets.

Influence

Influences customers, suppliers and partners at account level. Makes decisions which influence the success of projects and team objectives. May have some responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources. Engages with and contributes to the work of cross-functional teams to ensure that customers and user needs are being met throughout the deliverable/scope of work. Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives. Participates in external activities related to own specialism.

Complexity

Work includes a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts. Investigates, defines and resolves complex issues. Applies, facilitates and develops creative thinking concepts or finds innovative ways to approach a deliverable.

Business skills

Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences when engaging with colleagues, users/customers, suppliers and partners.

Selects appropriately from, and assesses the impact of change to applicable standards, methods, tools, applications and processes relevant to own specialism.

Demonstrates an awareness of risk and takes an analytical approach to work.

Maximises the capabilities of applications for their role and evaluates and supports the use of new technologies and digital tools.

Contributes specialist expertise to requirements definition in support of proposals.

Shares knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others.

Learning and professional development — maintains an awareness of developing practices and their application and takes responsibility for driving own development. Takes the initiative in identifying and negotiating their own and supporting team members' appropriate development opportunities. Contributes to the development of others.

Security, privacy and ethics — fully understands the importance and application to own work and the operation of the organisation. Engages or works with specialists as necessary.

Knowledge

Has a thorough understanding of recognised generic industry bodies of knowledge and specialist bodies of knowledge as necessary. Has gained a thorough knowledge of the domain of the organisation. Is able to apply the knowledge effectively in unfamiliar situations and actively maintains own knowledge and shares with others. Rapidly absorbs and critically assesses new information and applies it effectively.

Professional Responsibilities

Ensure you adhere and supporting your Squad in adhering to the over-arching Software Development Lifecycle and Agile TOM aligned to your Home

Develop and maintain software development processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software products

Promote engineering excellence and quality through appropriate use of analysis tools, control gates and peer reviews by inculcating news ways of thinking to improve design, productivity, and quality

Be involved with and promote the evaluation of emerging technologies, models, methods etc. on an ongoing basis to enable competitive differentiation and strengthening of existing product technology; drive adoption within your squad as required

Foster optimisation of the engineering lifecycle through a systematic knowledge management and continuous learning process to better enable the organization to meet market and client needs

Mentor and guide all engineers within your home and assist with technical challenges as needed

Show a sense of ownership & pride within your squad and the wider home to deliver high quality work and Institute a self-directed and high-performance culture in the team

Involve yourself in the development of a strong talent pipeline throughout your wider home by helping the Manger Engineer in hiring, internal movements, succession planning, talent reviews etc.

Take an interest in and where possible show advocacy for the reduction in technical debt across the estate and mission, supporting the Manager Engineer and Product to prioritise the reduction of technical debt appropriately

Show an interest in articulating the technical roadmap, the overall vitality of the product, architecture overview documentation and the validation of our platforms in the product pipeline

Technical Responsibilities

SFIA Skill: Level 5

Programming/software development PROG

Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development.

Plans and drives software construction activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques.

Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security.

Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software development.

Qualifications

Education

Relevant Experience

Any technical graduation; engineering, computer science, etc.

Preferred, post-graduation in advanced computer science subjects and MBA in Systems

Experience in engineering development for a Product SaaS organisation

Experience of having led conceptualization and development of a portfolio of products or SaaS based products

Professional Skills and Qualities

Personal Skills and Qualities

Agile Methodologies - Scrum

Efficiency improvement

Configuration management

Release readiness

Documentation / technical writing

Process, data, system engineering

Analytical - business, process, data, system

Lifecycle management

Problem solving

Emotional intelligence and empathy

Motivation, enthusiasm and optimism

Collaboration, teamwork and cooperation

Active listening and observation

Continuous learning

Language and communication

Creative thinking

Resilience, perseverance and patience

Ownership and dependability

Critical thinking

Time management

Decision-making

Technical Skills and Qualities, at Advanced Level

Domain Skills and Qualities, at Advanced Level

Full Stack development

REST/WCF Services

Database Design

Responsive web design

Dependency Injection

Data access and persistence

ORM frameworks

Unit and integration testing Modern patterns and practices

Web accessibility standards

Web security principles

SAST and DAST tools

Content Management Systems

Message queuing systems

Application architecture

Containers

Micro services

Source code control

Awareness of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Blue/Green Deployments

Investigating and resolving issues

Devising permanent or temporary corrections and workarounds for faults

Capturing user feedback for subsequent analysis to inform future application development

Assists in the investigation and resolution of issues relating to applications

Xamarin

MAUI

C#

.NET Core

.NET Core WEB API

WCF, REST, Microservices, API Gateway, Messaging

Azure DevOps

GIT

Azure Cloud Platform

Identity Access (e.g. ADFS,Oauth,Okta, Identity Server, Certificates)

ORM Tools (Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.)

SharePoint

JSON, XML, XSLT,XPath,XQuery

LinQ, Lambda

Powershell

Dependency Injections

HTML5, CSS3, SASS

Bootstrap

SQL Server

T-SQL/SQL Server

Playwright

Unit Test Tools (e.g. MS Unit Test Framework, Nunit, Xunit)

.NET Framework

ASP.NET core, Web API, MVC, WebForms

Visual Studio

Redgate Tools (SQL Prompt, SQL Search, etc.)

Experience in Financial Services

Additional Information

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.