Lead Software Engineer

What you'll be doing:

• Lead a full-stack feature team of software and quality engineers with a focus on predictable delivery and engineering excellence.

• Collaborate with fellow leads, solution architects, UI/UX designers, and product owners to define roadmaps, technical designs and unblock delivery.

• Lead by example by being a hands-on contributor to the codebase and providing oversight and feedback via pull requests.

• Demonstrate leadership for API and microservice design with deep knowledge in your specialist domain (API/microservice/Frontend).

• Provide line-management and personal development support for engineering team members, Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

• Deep expertise in full-stack engineering, with hands-on leadership using React on the frontend and .NET on the backend.

• Proven experience applying modern engineering practices, including automated testing, TDD, CI, pair programming, code reviews, and strong version control workflows.

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to set engineering direction, bootstrap new projects, and guide multi-disciplinary teams across the full development lifecycle.

• Expertise in designing and evolving RESTful API contracts, ensuring scalability, consistency, and maintainability.

• Solid understanding of cloud-hosted application development, modern web architectures, API integration patterns, and DevOps-driven CI/CD pipelines.

• Advanced proficiency in Git, including branching strategies, code collaboration, and managing complex change flows.

• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, covering unit, UI, integration, and automated testing frameworks.

• Solid working knowledge of SQL, including complex queries, indexing strategies, stored procedures, and performance optimisation.

• Experience developing, deploying, and supporting applications on Windows Server and IIS environments.

• Practical understanding of IIS deployment, configuration, and environment management.

• Ability to identify and introduce new technologies, tools, and best practices to uplift engineering quality and team effectiveness.

• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to express technical opinions clearly and the pragmatism to adapt when appropriate.

Nice to Have:

• Strong DevOps mindset, with exposure to tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

• Cloud experience across major platforms - GCP preferred, with AWS or Azure also highly valued.

• Experience of working with containerisation technologies, particularly Docker.

• Hands-on experience implementing and using CI/CD pipelines to streamline delivery workflows.

• Experience enhancing and modernising legacy or monolithic applications, improving performance and maintainability.

• Understanding of modernisation approaches, such as refactoring, modularisation, or transitioning to more modern architectures.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as

• discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental

• leave policies