Job Description

Lead Software Engineer

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Job Req ID: 49811
Posting Date: 6 Aug 2025
Function: Software Engineering
Unit: Networks
Location:
Alexander Bain House, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive with great benefits

Recruiter: Luke Byrne

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: 26/08/25

Why this job matters

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You will be an influential member of a co-located, multi-disciplinary team responsible for the descign, development, test and support of monitoring and management systems that underpin BT's Energy, Power & Cooling domain.



As a lead software engineer based in BT's main office in Glasgow, you will have a hands-on role in designing, developing and integrating the software applications and automation that drive BT's energy efficiency, underpinning our environmental commitments while enabling the transformation of BT's network to all IP digital and supporting the resilience and reliability of this vital piece of the UK critical national infrastructure.

What you'll be doing

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Positioned within our co-located Energy, Power & Cooling IT Centre of Excellence in Glasgow, your specific responsibilities will include:-

Designing and developing microservice-architectured applications using Java/Spring Boot/RDBMS, employing agile methodologies (SCRUM, prototyping preferred) Responsible for leading software engineering projects within the team, directing a team of a few software engineers/associate software engineers as required, taking up an Agile/Scrum lead role qhere required Responsible for subject matter expertise within specific projects, customer interaction related to the subject and controlling changes within this area of expertise Leverage software development skills to find innovative approaches to problems. Mentoring of software engineers/associate software engineers Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns. Experience with test-driven development Represent the software team at requirements and design workshops at BT and supplier sites. Experience in evaluating and selecting from competing technology options (languages, frameworks, libraries) for component level solutions. Experience in understanding and applying knowledge from 3rd party technical/regulatory documentation. Role requires integrating software with plant hardware in our Glasgow test lab during the design and development process. Experience in managing IT infrastructure from design and commissioning to on-going support and maintenance DBA experience / appreciation of common performance issues and how to address them.

Skill and Experience

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The following skills at Advanced/Expert proficiency are required:

Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders (customers, other development/ design/support teams, suppliers, development partners) 5+ years Core Java development Design and implemention of microservice architectures using Spring framework and ReST APIs 5+ years RDBMS development skills, ideally in Oracle and/or PostgresSQL Test automation and test-driven development Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & Orchestration Non-functional design and development including designing monitoring solutions Knowledge of IT Security best practice and techniques Understanding of Dev-Ops technologies and how they can be applied to improve an application / project / team. Experience in data analysis and reporting BSc Hons Computing Science or similar degree level qualification.

ip accountabilities

Experience you would be expected to have

REQUIRED

Software development experience, including 5+in Java. Experience with managing small teams of developers in an agile manner Experience in working with stakeholders (other designers, suppliers, development teams, ops and customers etc.) to resolve technical issues. Experience of Microservices Architectures using Spring Boot and ReST APIs Experience of working with relational databases and SQL (especially PostgresSQl and/or Oracle) Experience in Linux operating system Experience in using requirements-management tools and processes (e.g. Jira) Experience in software test automation and manual testing using standard test tools (Junit, Jira etc.) Experience in designing and developing code for systems with strong non-functional constraints (performance, reliability, availability) Experience in version control Experience in creating design documentation written in the Unified Modelling Language (UML) Experience performing Show & Tell/Presentations to customers, developers, designers Experience of building and using CI/CD pipelines Experience in data analysis and reporting

DESIRABLE

Experience using Maven, Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus Linux Shell scripting experience Experience of Vaadin UI framework Experience of Oracle PL/SQL Experience using Kibana/Elastic Search/Logstash Knowledge/experience of Electricity Metering Industry and Power, Cooling and Energy domain Experience in integrating hardware with IT systems to facilitate the discovery / exposure of telemetry / control / alarm data

Benefits

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10% on target bonus BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10% From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It's for all parents, no matter how your family is made up. Enhanced women's health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more. 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues 2 weeks carer's leave World-class training and development opportunities Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes

About us

BT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands - BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.



Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project - connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.



While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.



Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.


We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the , please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.