Software Development Lead

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services that support large fleets of IoT devices.
• Work extensively with AWS IoT Core, MQTT messaging, Device Shadow, and secure device provisioning.
• Build and optimise IoT communication flows including telemetry, event handling, command/control, and device state management.

Data Ingress & Telemetry Pipelines

• Architect and operate real-time IoT data ingestion pipelines handling telemetry, logs, and events from thousands of devices.
• Implement processing workflows using Kinesis, Lambda, SQS, Kafka, Step Functions, or similar.
• Ensure data quality, schema governance, and reliability across ingestion and downstream data consumers.

API Development

• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs supporting device management, device data retrieval, and user-facing features.
• Ensure APIs are secure, highly available, and performant at scale.
• Define API standards and patterns for internal and external consumers.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Design cloud-native systems using AWS services such as API Gateway, DynamoDB, Timestream, S3, ECS/EKS, and CloudFormation/CDK.
• Implement observability across all IoT workloads using CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, or related tools.
• Drive cost optimisation and reliability across IoT cloud infrastructure.

Security & Device Trust

• Implement strong IoT security practices including certificate-based auth, encryption, least-privilege IAM, and secure onboarding flows.
• Support secure OTA updates, fleet management, and device lifecycle operations.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead architecture discussions and mentor mid-level and junior engineers.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and cross-functional roadmap planning.
• Collaborate closely with product, firmware/embedded teams, and data engineering.

Do you have experience in Software development?, * Backend or platform engineering experience, ideally with IoT or distributed systems.

• Strong expertise in AWS, especially AWS IoT Core, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API Gateway.
• Proficiency in languages such as Python, Node.js, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with MQTT and event-driven IoT architectures.
• Proven ability to build and scale data ingestion pipelines.
• Experience building secure, high-performance APIs for internal and external use.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud design patterns, and microservices.

Nice to Have

• Experience with edge/embedded integrations (e.g., AWS Greengrass).
• Familiarity with time-series databases (Timestream, InfluxDB, Timescale).
• Knowledge of digital twins, device simulation, or industrial IoT protocols.
• Containerization experience with Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes/EKS.
• Exposure to OTA update workflows, remote diagnostics, or fleet management tools.

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
• Company pension
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary)
• Medicare Cash Plan (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependants
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and career progression opportunities

Detectronic, based in Nelson, Lancashire, is a UK specialist in wastewater and sewer network monitoring systems. The company designs, manufactures, and installs flow, level, and water-quality monitoring equipment used by water utilities and industrial customers to prevent flooding, reduce pollution, and improve environmental compliance