Lead Software Engineer

• Leading technically across a core product used in a complex, data-heavy environment
• Driving delivery, ownership, and accountability across engineering work
• Helping define technical direction across the short, medium, and longer term
• Partnering with senior leadership to bring clarity to priorities and decisions
• Unblocking engineers and supporting the team through difficult technical challenges
• Improving engineering maturity across areas such as performance, observability, and security
• Helping evolve ad hoc or early-stage tooling into robust production-grade systems
• Contributing to wider platform and architectural thinking, without being removed from delivery
• Communicating confidently with engineers, internal stakeholders, and senior external parties

Technologies:

• Security
• ASP.NET
• Backend
• C#
• Frontend
• MariaDB
• MySQL
• Vue

• Strong background as a hands-on software engineer with clear technical leadership experience
• Proven track record of getting things done and taking ownership in complex environments
• Comfortable operating with responsibility, pace, and ambiguity
• Able to challenge constructively, push back when needed, and influence without relying on formal authority
• Strong communicator who can translate complex technical ideas clearly to different audiences
• Experience guiding teams technically and setting direction across quarterly to longer-term horizons
• Experience helping systems scale through startup, growth, and maturity phases
• Improving engineering standards, reliability, security, and observability
• Building or improving data platforms such as data lakes
• Exposure to ML pipelines or workflow-driven engineering environments
• Strong applied understanding of mathematics and physics in engineering contexts
• Ability to work through complex, practical problem-solving challenges rather than purely academic theory

We are a forward-thinking company located in the Reading area, offering a hybrid work model with two days per week in the office. Our team is technically strong and operates in a flat, low-hierarchy environment focused on solving complex, data-heavy software challenges. We provide competitive salaries ranging from £80k to £90k, along with bonuses and healthcare benefits. This is a unique opportunity for someone who thrives on deep technical challenges and wants to make a real-world impact through their work.