Lead Developer

Lead Developer

Global Tech Company | Agile Delivery Teams | Hands-On | UK-Based

Millions of customers. One proprietary platform. Infinite possibilities.

This global technology business has just completed a massive migration to their own platform, and now, the stage is set for scale, innovation, and speed. Products are being built at pace, technology is unlocking new capabilities, and the experiences delivered to customers worldwide are next-level.

As a Lead Developer, you'll be actively involved in building and delivering new functionality, while guiding a team to produce high quality, scalable software. Working closely with Platform Engineering, Product, Design, Test and Project Management, you'll help shape technical direction, improve processes, and ensure delivery is on time and to agreed standards.

What you'll do:

• Lead the design, development and maintenance of software applications, ensuring quality, efficiency and performance
• Collaborate with the Platform Engineering team on tooling, CI/CD and deployment process improvements
• Produce clean, maintainable, scalable code
• Debug, resolve issues, fix bugs and optimise performance across the stack
• Provide technical direction to the team through code reviews and mentioring
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and apply learning to improve development processes
• Create and maintain accurate documentation for design, code, tests and user-facing technical materials where required
• Act as a liaison between Engineering and Senior Management, communicating progress, risks and technical challenges

• Strong commercial experience with C# .NET
• Solid SQL/MySQL experience
• Proven experience developing enterprise-grade single-page applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with strong expertise in modern frameworks
• Confident with Git and source control best practices.
• Strong grasp of OOP principles, design patterns, software design and architecture
• Experience with TDD
• Proven experience working in an Agile environment
• Excellent collaborator and communicator, with a problem-solving mindset.

You'll be joining a team where your work actually matters, helping millions of users around the world interact with cutting-edge technology every day. You won't just be maintaining code, you'll be shaping the platform itself, contributing to a product that's scaling rapidly and innovating constantly. How MRJ Recruitment Helps We've partnered with this company on multiple engineering hires, giving us insider knowledge of their teams, culture, and what makes candidates stand out. Applying through us means more than just sending a CV, you'll get tailored guidance, interview prep, and strategies to maximise your chances of success.