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Role Type: Permanent Full Time

We can offer you the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation, working in partnership with government and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there.

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environm ent that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment proce ss.

About us

We’ve been around for about ten years and grown from being a little-known tech start-up to creating our own community at the heart of the thriving and diverse tech and digital ecosystem of Greater Manchester.

Our name Naimuri is Japanese and simply means…

These principles apply to every aspect of an organisation from technology, process and infrastructure, through to people, culture and leadership. This means that we empower our teams to do what they think is the right thing, giving them the skills and confidence to explore new ways of working, and to create a bias-free environment, where all our people feel comfortable collaborating to deliver the finest ideas and solutions in an agile environment.

Our business is focused on 4 cornerstones, which shape and underpin the way in which we go about work and treat each other. These are: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge and Delivery.

People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri, so that collectively, we can realise our mission of ‘making the UK a safer place to be’.

About the role

Working on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years, the role of a Technical lead is to own t he overall technical solution, and guide the technical delivery of a project, with the key aim of reducing risk and improving project outcomes.

You will act as the primary technical point of contact for the customer and other stakeholders (partners, suppliers, Naimuri management) on a specific project.

Your responsibilities will include solutions architecture and delivery roadmap, along with supporting the customer in their decision making.

You will engage regularly with other technical leads across the company, both seeking and providing support. This will include time allocated to individual projects, as well as wider engagement.

Here are some things we’ve worked on recently that might give you a better sense of the kind of work you could be leading on:

• Building a data analytics tool using a Neo4J graph database.
• A DevOps platform to support 3000 users.
• Processing digital forensic data to enable search and insight generation.
• A search and reporting system backed by an ElasticSearch cluster.
• A custom workflow tool using Camunda, with a React/TS front-end
• An AI assurance capability
• Orchestrating a data pipeline and designing specialist metrics for the evaluation of the performance of LLMs in different contexts.
• Trials test databases and reporting tools using technologies such as ElasticSearch, Nifi and Camunda.

Accountabilities:

• Understands the technical aspects of the project and the wider customer business model.
• Creates and maintains the solution design and/or architecture of the solution.
• Ensures team members understand and adhere to project standards for quality, documentation, techniques and tools.
• Identifies, escalates & manages technical risk with Team Manager and/or Delivery Lead.
• Supports Delivery Lead and/or Product Owner with backlog prioritisation.
• Seen as a role model and mentor by the team.
• Follows and contributes to Agile project processes such as stand-ups and retrospectives
• Provides input for longer term technical roadmaps.
• Challenges detail design choices within the team.
• Leads reviews on others’ designs.

You will be working closely with our development teams who are responsible for the following:

• Designing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining software solutions.
• Full stack development using Front End technologies such as React, integrating AWS services and open source tooling, using a variety of different databases (e.g. MongoDb or ElasticSearch) and developing in Java, TypeScript or Python.
• Working with our Platform Engineers to help manage and maintain their own infrastructure e.g. Kubernetes
• Building and adding to automated delivery pipelines (using GitLab).

It would be advantageous if you have :

• Prior experience working in the Defence domain, and/or delivering software solutions into Defence customers.
• Understanding and/or practical experience of working within Secure by Design (SbD) principles (ie/ JSP 440/604).
• Familiarity with Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and or GCP.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG/GDS etc…).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.

Location

Our Head Office is based in Salford Quays, Manchester, with satellite teams currently in London and Gloucestershire. We offer hybrid working where you can work from home for part of your working week with time on site being based on the needs of your assigned delivery and agreed Ways of Working for your team. This would normally be a maximum of one or two days per week but you would be welcome to spend more days in the office if you preferred.

For this role, we would be interested to hear from applicants who may be based in other locations, therefore Greater Manchester, Portsmouth, Cambridgeshire or Malvern area.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience leading teams in the development of software solutions. You should have some opinions on:

• What good code looks like (front end or back end)
• How to select appropriate technologies for a solution
• How to spot smells in the code
• What a good team dynamic looks like

Knowledge of developing on the cloud is preferred, although not essential. Solid fundamentals with software development, systems integration, problem solving, and teamwork pave the way.

You might have a degree, it might be in a related field. You might not, and you can demonstrate how you’ve trodden the path for yourself.

Pay and benefits

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Our core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm and our office hours are between 7:30 and 18:00 Monday to Friday.

Benefits include:

• Flexible/Hybrid working options
• A company performance related bonus
• Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
• AXA group 1 medical cover
• Personal training budget

Recruitment Process

We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.

We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements.