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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Uniting AmbitionUnited Kingdom🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 12 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Senior Full Stack Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead technical direction and shape the future of a modern software platform, with significant investment in engineering growth and your career development. You'll thrive here if you're passionate about driving architectural decisions, mentoring talented developers, and contributing to a culture of engineering excellence within a company that values your influence. Apply to join this exciting transformation journey and expand your leadership responsibilities!

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

Remote (with 1 day per month in East Midlands)

Shape the future of a modern software platform. Lead technical direction. Grow with a business investing heavily in engineering.

Are you a Lead Software Engineer looking for a role where your ideas genuinely influence the future of a product?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a major platform transformation, taking a key role in designing, evolving, and scaling a modern software ecosystem. You ll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership helping shape architecture, champion best practices, and mentor talented developers as the engineering function continues to grow.

You won t just be delivering features; you ll have a voice in how technology decisions are made and play a key part in building a platform that supports the future success of the business.

Why this opportunity?

  • High-impact role influence architecture and technical strategy across a business-critical platform.
  • True technical leadership mentor engineers, drive standards, and help create a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Transformation journey be part of a significant modernisation programme using contemporary technologies.
  • Autonomy and influence work closely with architects, product teams, and senior stakeholders to shape solutions.
  • Career growth an opportunity to expand your leadership responsibilities as the platform and engineering team evolve.

The Role

As Lead Software Engineer, you ll:

  • Design and develop scalable web applications and APIs.
  • Make key architectural decisions and contribute to technical strategy.
  • Lead engineering discussions and influence design approaches.
  • Mentor developers and support the growth of the wider engineering team.
  • Champion clean code, testing, automation, and best practices.
  • Collaborate with product managers, architects, and business stakeholders.
  • Play a central role in a large-scale platform transformation.

What We re Looking For

You ll be an experienced software engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and helping others succeed.

You ll bring:

  • Strong commercial experience with C# and .NET.
  • Proven experience building applications with React and TypeScript.
  • Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and database design.
  • Experience designing and working with APIs and modern software architectures.
  • A passion for building clean, scalable, maintainable solutions.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions.
  • The ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This is a role for a Lead Engineer who wants ownership, influence, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact not just another development position.

Skills

C#
.NET
PostgreSQL
React
TypeScript

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