Lead Software Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead a full-stack feature team of software and quality engineers with a focus on predictable delivery and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with fellow leads, solution architects, UI/UX designers, and product owners to define roadmaps, technical designs and unblock delivery.
• Lead by example by being a hands-on contributor to the codebase and providing oversight and feedback via pull requests.
• Demonstrate leadership for API and microservice design with deep knowledge in your specialist domain (API/microservice/Frontend).
• Provide line-management and personal development support for engineering team members.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in full‑stack engineering, with hands‑on leadership using React on the frontend and .NET on the backend.
• Proven experience applying modern engineering practices, including automated testing, TDD, CI, pair programming, code reviews, and strong version control workflows.
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to set engineering direction, bootstrap new projects, and guide multi‑disciplinary teams across the full development lifecycle.
• Expertise in designing and evolving RESTful API contracts, ensuring scalability, consistency, and maintainability.
• Solid understanding of cloud‑hosted application development, modern web architectures, API integration patterns, and DevOps‑driven CI/CD pipelines.
• Advanced proficiency in Git, including branching strategies, code collaboration, and managing complex change flows.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, covering unit, UI, integration, and automated testing frameworks.
• Solid working knowledge of SQL, including complex queries, indexing strategies, stored procedures, and performance optimisation.
• Experience developing, deploying, and supporting applications on Windows Server and IIS environments.
• Practical understanding of IIS deployment, configuration, and environment management.
• Ability to identify and introduce new technologies, tools, and best practices to uplift engineering quality and team effectiveness.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to express technical opinions clearly and the pragmatism to adapt when appropriate.

Tech Stack

• Bootstrap
• Cloud
• React
• SQL
• .NET

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies