Lead Developer

• Lead development across a modern, serverless cloud stack (AWS, Python, React, SQL).
• Work closely with the senior developers while contributing hands-on.
• Take ownership of development standards, technical decision-making and tooling.
• Support agile delivery within small, self-managing teams.

Phase 2: Engineering Manager / Future Technical Leader

• Grow, mentor and manage multiple development teams (approx. 3 teams of 3).
• Coach junior developers and guide technical career paths.
• Shape the engineering culture, best-practice processes and delivery frameworks.
• Take increasing ownership of technical strategy as the founders step back.

• Experience leading or managing developers.
• Proven mentoring, coaching or developing junior engineers.
• Comfortable shaping best practices, processes and team culture.

2. Technical Foundations

Experience with any of the following is beneficial (they are open-minded):

• Python
• AWS serverless (Lambda, S3, SQS, API Gateway)
• React / JavaScript
• REST APIs
• SQL

Strong back-end or cloud developers from other stacks will still be considered.

3. Energy Sector Experience (Nice-to-Have)

We are working with a rapidly growing technology business in the energy sector, scaling at 40% year on year and about to onboard several major new clients. They are now looking for a Lead Developer who wants to step into genuine engineering leadership, with a clear path into Software Engineering Manager and longer-term CTO-level responsibility as the business evolves. The company was originally spun out of a well-known energy organisation by two highly skilled senior developers who have successfully launched multiple businesses. As they step back from day-to-day leadership over the next 12 months, this role will become the central technical leadership position in the organisation. The Opportunity