Lead Software Engineer

VIQU have partnered with a SaaS provider delivering a cloud-native platform used across higher education, conferencing, and accommodation environments. They are seeking a Lead Senior Engineer to combine hands-on technical delivery with team leadership, shaping architecture, driving engineering standards, and mentoring a high-performing development team. This role will play a key part in modernising practices, improving quality, and supporting the continued evolution of a scalable AWS-based platform., * Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable SaaS solutions.

• Contribute hands-on to development, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Drive best practice across code quality, testing, CI/CD, and system reliability.
• Mentor and manage engineers, supporting performance and career development.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Improve engineering processes, removing bottlenecks and enhancing delivery workflows.
• Design and implement distributed, event-driven solutions within an AWS environment.

• Proven experience leading and mentoring software engineering teams.
• Strong background in .NET/C# development within a cloud-based environment.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of AWS services and containerised deployments.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing scalable SaaS platforms is highly desirable.