Lead Software Engineer

£Up to 75,000 GBP

Hybrid WORKING

Location: Manchester , Manchester, North West - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Lead Software Engineer

Are you an experienced Software Engineer who enjoys building high-quality digital products while leading and mentoring engineering teams?

We're working with a leading global technology consultancy that delivers innovative software solutions across both public and private sectors. They're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join a growing engineering practice working on large-scale, modern software projects that make a real impact.

The Role:

You'll play a key role in designing, developing and delivering cloud-native applications while providing technical leadership to engineering teams. This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll combine strong software engineering expertise with mentoring, coaching and driving engineering best practice.

Projects span a variety of industries, giving you exposure to new technologies, modern architectures and complex business challenges.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Leading the design and development of modern software solutions
• Writing high-quality, maintainable and secure code
• Mentoring and developing engineers within your team
• Driving engineering best practices across performance, security, accessibility and maintainability
• Collaborating closely with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver successful outcomes
• Contributing to technical strategy, architecture and engineering communities

What They're Looking For:

Experience in several of the following:

• Strong commercial experience with one or more of:
• Java
• C#
• Python
• Go
• TypeScript
• Frontend experience with frameworks such as:
• React
• Angular
• Vue
• Svelte
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK or Pulumi)
• CI/CD tooling including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI or ArgoCD
• Building secure, performant and scalable applications
• Previous experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers

What's On Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Private medical insurance
• 25 days annual leave plus additional volunteering days
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Access to cutting-edge technologies and large-scale transformation programmes
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements with a mix of office, home and client-site working

Security Requirements

Due to the nature of the projects, successful applicants must be eligible for BPSS and SC Security Clearance, requiring 5 years of continuous UK address history at the point of application.

If you're looking for an opportunity to lead talented engineering teams while working on exciting cloud-native software projects with a highly respected technology consultancy, I'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion.