Lead Software Engineer

We're supporting a major public sector digital programme and are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to take ownership of technical delivery across a cloud-native Azure estate.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set architectural direction, lead a team of engineers, and ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions are delivered in line with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage, and Azure Service Bus
• Provide hands-on development using Node.js and TypeScript
• Own technical architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise standards
• Lead and mentor engineers, embedding best practices and coding standards
• Conduct code reviews and enforce quality gates
• Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, observable, and cost-optimised
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps, and stakeholders

• Strong Azure experience (Functions, Blob/Table/Queue Storage, Service Bus)
• Advanced Node.js and TypeScript
• Event-driven and serverless architecture experience
• REST API design and integration patterns
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Secure coding and cloud security principles
• Distributed systems/microservices experience
• Experience leading enterprise engineering teams

Desirable

• Microsoft Dataverse
• Power Platform exposure
• IaC (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)
• Azure monitoring (Application Insights, Azure Monitor)
• Agile delivery experience