Lead Software Engineer

VIQU IT have partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation who are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping technical direction of the products, and lead a team of five software engineers.

The role will involve hands on technical leadership, running architecture reviews, managing and mentoring engineers and ensuring projects are delivered successfully.

It is an opportunity to shape engineering standards at a company at a pivotal point in their growth, having an influence over the technical strategy whilst remaining hands on., * Leading a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.

• Conducting code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality, and maintainability whilst remaining hands on in the code.
• Embedding robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and driving automation across regression suites
• Design and architect solutions using CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and event-driven architecture patterns
• Working within AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, event-based services)
• Exploring and introducing AI related efficiencies.

• Strong background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture.

• A track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers.

• AWS experience including; IAM, Lambda, API Gateway and event-driven architectures in AWS environments.

• Experience with Angular front end framework, REST APIs and Web API development.

• Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test driven development). SpecFlow for Behaviour-Driven Development and Postman for API testing.

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications.

• Strong SQL Server skills and experience with databases.

At VIQU IT, we're focused on bringing a knowledgeable and honest approach to IT recruitment, devoting ourselves to improving quality of life for our candidates through excellent IT job opportunities, our clients with high-quality customer service, and our team through continual support and training. As an IT recruitment agency based in Birmingham and Southampton, our recruitment team works with everyone from global conglomerates to innovative SMEs across the UK and beyond, meaning whether you are a seasoned IT contractor or you are in search of your next permanent job, we will be able to support you through the job process. VIQU IT's Specialisms Our wide array of clients and key accounts in the public and private sector, means that we work across the IT spectrum.