Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

A Note from the Director, Own and deliver the software roadmap, from idea through to deployment and support

• Design and build full-stack solutions, remaining hands-on in development

• Establish and manage a robust CI/CD pipeline and development lifecycle

• Implement testing standards and ensure high-quality, maintainable code

• Lead and support a small internal team (including NetSuite and IT support roles)

• Oversee core IT operations to ensure continuity of existing systems

• Work closely with non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into practical solutions

• Introduce and manage AI-assisted development approaches where appropriate

• Ensure appropriate governance, documentation and change control - particularly in a regulated environment

• Manage external suppliers and technology partners where required

Leadership & management

• Build a high performing team with shared ownership for results and clear accountabilities for each team member, encouraging high performance and addressing any performance issues

• Manage short- and longer-term team resource plans to ensure effective allocation against department goals

• Offer praise for high performance freely, build positive relationships with team members, peers and directors

• Input into, create and implement company and department action plans that seek to improve employee engagement and retention

• Effectively manage your department budget, ensuring you meet agreed budgeted amounts, seek authorisation when required and gain value for spend

• Where needed and with the relevant director support, manage formal employee processes: disciplinary / grievance / absence / recruitment / annual leave approval / employee review, o Polyglot - Python plus a typed language (TypeScript or Go); language flexibility matters more than any specific combination

o ERP or NetSuite integration experience - useful given how central NetSuite is to the delivery work, but learnable with solid API experience elsewhere

o M365 administration -2 other IT Engineers cover the day-to-day, but familiarity helps with supplier management and system oversight

o Observability and security posture experience - the instinct matters more than the specific tooling

o Vendor and supplier management - liaising with third-party consultants and software providers is part of the role

Do you have a valid Driving License license?, Do you have experience in TypeScript?, Experience in software engineering with clear ownership of delivered systems

• Strong full-stack capability, with confidence making architectural decisions across front and back end

• Hands-on experience building and owning CI/CD pipelines end-to-end

• Experience leading delivery (not just contributing) through to completion with appropriate documentation

• Experience working with or evaluating AI development tools

It is desirable that the postholder has:

• Experience across multiple languages (for example Python, TypeScript, Go)

• Exposure to ERP systems or NetSuite integrations

• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and broader IT system oversight

• Experience in observability, security and system resilience

• Supplier or vendor management experience

It is essential that the postholder has:

• Strong communication (oral and written) and numeracy skills

• Effective and confident telephone skills, with an excellent level of English

• Ability to work effectively both individually and in a team

• Ability to flourish in a competitive environment

• Good ICT skills

• Ability to clearly communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences

It is essential that the postholder has:

• Attention to detail, with good planning and organisational skills

• Drive and enthusiasm

• The potential to grow and develop in line with the business

• High degree of self-motivation and ambition

• Ability to influence and engage with colleagues, peers, key customers and prospects

• Positive, confident and determined approach

• Comfortable managing a small team with mixed skillsets

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Full driving licence, The ideal candidate is someone with some genuine leadership or ownership experience behind them- not necessarily line management, but clear accountability for something that shipped.

Can explain a technical decision to a non-technical audience without making it sound harder than it is and still write code that they'd be comfortable putting their name on.

· Essential

o Full stack - comfortable making architectural decisions across front and backend

o Testing-first instincts - has lived in a codebase without adequate coverage and won't repeat it

o Has owned a CI/CD pipeline end-to-end, not just used one

o Can communicate a technical decision clearly to a non-technical audience

o Building with AI tooling and has thought critically about where it helps and where it quietly causes problems

o Comfortable managing a small team with mixed profiles - a specialist and a generalist

o Project ownership experience - has driven a system delivery (not just contributed to one) through to completion with appropriate documentation

o Change control discipline - understands why it exists, especially in a regulated environment, and can implement it without it becoming a bureaucratic bloat