17 of 17 Lead Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Lead Software Engineer | Reading | £70-90k Do you have experience with embedded systems & AI? A fast-growing company in Reading is looking for someone like you to lead their Software Development team. You'll be able to lead the direction of the software architecture while working on real-life environmental solutions making … the world a greener, and safer place. Responsibilities as a Lead Software Engineer: + Full ownership of the software used on the companys modules & lead development & maintenance of applications for the main system + Mentorship of junior engineers, taking the lead in the companys culture + Developing embedded systems and AI models Required skills … for Lead Software Engineer: + Have held a leading software engineer role for a number of years + Proficiency with scripting languages like Python + Proficiency in C++ and Computer Vision + Experience developing control mechanisms for automation + Experience with embedded software development (microcontrollers etc.) Desirable skills: + Experience designing low power automated More ❯

Lead Software Engineer Up to £110,000 + Bonus Central London - Hybrid Global Luxury Brand Node.JS, Typescript, AWS We’re supporting a global luxury brand with a mission to push boundaries in digital commerce innovation. They’re investing heavily in their tech ecosystem and are now looking for a Lead Software Engineer to take … and CI/CD practices. You’ll work across multiple product teams, partner with DevOps and architecture, and mentor engineers to raise the bar on technical excellence. As a Lead Software Engineer you’ll be reviewing designs, solving complex engineering challenges, ensuring knowledge is shared effectively, and helping teams work smarter at scale. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will have the following: Extensive Node.js backend development experience with deep understanding of CI/CD Proven expertise in AWS (Lambda, Fargate, CDK/Terraform or similar) Ability to simplify complexity, influence stakeholders, and create clarity in evolving environments Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with diverse technical & non-technical stakeholders Passion for More ❯

Lead Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £130,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Lead Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems … a real impact on projects? If so... I'm partnered with a very exciting Cloud scale-up who have received record Series A funding and are looking for innovative Lead Software Engineers to join their ambitious team! With a new VP of Engineering who has spent much of their career building out a world leading Cloud platform, the … to build out state-of-the-art, Greenfield code which can focus on being the worlds most accountable and sustainable cloud provider🌳 What they're looking for in a Lead Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, Java and/or C/C++. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at More ❯

Circuit Mind we believe that this is wrong and we are on a mission to fix it, triggering the future of hardware design. We are creating an entirely new software engine for circuit boards, that takes as inputs the requirements of a circuit board and automatically outputs a complete design, ready for manufacture. As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll create simple and elegant solutions to difficult technical problems that the world has not solved before. You will work in close collaboration with a highly-functioning team of software, electronics, algorithm engineers and product managers. Responsibilities Collaborate with the product team and in-house hardware engineers to understand the problems of hardware engineering teams. … Plan, design, develop, test and iterate on the software solutions to those problems, accounting for functional and non-functional requirements. Co-design, pair on, and review the development work of other lead software developers. You’ll work on the entire company's backend code base: data models, algorithms, data pipelines, infrastructure, APIs, complex database queries, ML models. More ❯

Lead Software Engineer Reading £70-90k Do you have experience with embedded systems & AI? A fast-growing company in Reading is looking for someone like you to lead their Software Development team. You'll be able to lead the direction of the software architecture while working on real-life environmental solutions making More ❯

Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack (FinTech) Location: Central London (Highly Flexible Hybrid Model) Employment: Full-Time, Permanent About the Company Join a market-leading digital banking platform recognised for driving significant economic impact and delivering innovative, personalised financial solutions to both businesses and retail savers. They're a high-growth, technology-first organisation powered by world-class … engineering and focused on solving complex, high-volume transactional challenges that underpin the modern economy. The Role: Lead Engineer, Full Stack (Python, Node, TypeScript, React) This is a critical leadership and hands-on technical role within the core retail banking product line. You will be instrumental in ensuring seamless, secure, and rapid money movement for hundreds of thousands … Fraud and AML compliance checks. We are seeking a leader who can deliver measurable business impact, champion simplicity, and drive continuous improvement across the platform. Key Responsibilities Squad Leadership: Lead and mentor a dedicated squad of 4-6 talented engineers, guiding technical direction, prioritizing workflow, and ensuring successful delivery against mission objectives. System Design & Architecture: Design, document, and oversee More ❯

Software Development Lead - £600 - £700 Per Day – London (Hybrid) – 12 Months - Financial Services Overview: A market leading organisation operating within the Financial Services sector are searching for an experienced Software Development Lead to join one of their growing teams in London on a hybrid basis. Technical Requirements: 10+ years of software engineering experience with at … least 3 years in a lead role Proven ability to led teams and drive cross-functional delivery in a matrix environment Strong command of full stack development: Javascript (React/Angular), Node.js or Java/.NET/Python and SQL Hands-on experience with AWS architecture and services (Glue, Lambda, API gateway, IAM, S3, CloudWatch etc.) Prior experience working … Python and event driven architecture Exposure to regulatory reporting, ESG data pipelines or performance attribution systems Rate & Duration: Rate: £600 - £700 Per Day Location: London (Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months Software Development Lead - £600 - £700 Per Day – London (Hybrid) – 12 Months - Financial Services More ❯

A leading psychometric solutions company is looking for a Lead Engineer to join its expanding team, ahead of their further expansion. The company is dedicated to matching the right people with the right roles through science-backed methods and cutting-edge platforms, delivering trusted data and promoting fairness in hiring. Driven by market demand, the organization is scaling … hands-on technical leader to help achieve greater impact. 📍Hybrid or Remote-First in London (Flexible) 📌Please note that unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship for this role. As a Lead Engineer, you'll code and guide. Your responsibilities include: Hands-on Development: Deep dive into backend and frontend development with modern technologies, ensuring high-quality, secure code. Design … agile, CI/CD, and automated testing to boost productivity. We're looking for a leader with strong technical expertise: Strong experience with design & architecture Experience: 5+ years in software development with hands-on coding, including prior lead or senior engineer roles. .Net 6+ & .Net Framework Entity Framework/Entity Framework Core SQL React & TypeScript - The role More ❯

Job Description We are seeking a skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. In this role, you will take the lead in developing, supporting and enhancing business systems and applications using .NET technologies and SQL Server. You will also play a key part in driving and supporting change … and technically.We offer a hybrid working arrangement with one or two days per week in our Milton Keynes office. Key Responsibilities: Be up to date regarding best practices in software development and deployment Implement best practice coding in relation to development coding standards Provide direction for more Junior Software Engineers Foster a culture of observability across the team. … Help teams use operational data to improve the stability and performance of their applications Maintain documentation and release notes Have awareness of application security considerations Lead incident response across the team as needed Identify dependencies across the organization and work with teams to resolve them before they become an issue, and install preventative measures to mitigate repeat occurrences Effectively More ❯

Lead Full Stack Engineer - London (Hybrid) A well funded start up who are revolutionising real estate transactions through cutting-edge technology combining sophisticated AI capabilities with robust financial data systems are looking for a Lead Full Stack Engineer to join their team. What will I be doing: Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain robust and scalable … engineers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions Mentor Senior Engineers int he team What are we looking for: At least 7+ years in professional full-stack software development Strong proficiency in Python for backend development Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular) Solid understanding of database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and data modeling Experience designing and More ❯

About Us Software helps to enable the world-leading science performed at Diamond. Our software systems facilitate operations at all levels, including the low-level control of synchrotron and beamline hardware, the planning, execution and monitor of experiments, data archiving and retrieval, data processing and visualisation, the application for beamtime, and capture of remote experiment plans and samples. … Our software engineers work alongside our scientists to develop innovative and robust solutions to keep Diamond at the forefront of scientific research. About the Data Acquisition Group The Data Acquisition (DAQ) group develops software to interface with and control the hardware which allows experiments to be performed and monitored as well as guiding the end user to tools … for data reduction and analysis. The group works closely with scientists, controls, data analysis and information management engineers to continuously develop and improve software solutions for scientific data acquisition and on-the-fly monitoring and data analysis. The current DAQ software platform is a client-server application called GDA (Generic Data Acquisition) which is written in Java and More ❯

About Us Software helps to enable the world-leading science performed at Diamond. Our software systems facilitate operations at all levels, including the low-level control of synchrotron and beamline hardware, the planning, execution and monitor of experiments, data archiving and retrieval, data processing and visualisation, the application for beamtime, and capture of remote experiment plans and samples. … Our software engineers work alongside our scientists to develop innovative and robust solutions to keep Diamond at the forefront of scientific research. About the Data Acquisition Group The Data Acquisition (DAQ) group develops software to interface with and control the hardware which allows experiments to be performed and monitored as well as guiding the end user to tools … for data reduction and analysis. The group works closely with scientists, controls, data analysis and information management engineers to continuously develop and improve software solutions for scientific data acquisition and on-the-fly monitoring and data analysis. The current DAQ software platform is a client-server application called GDA (Generic Data Acquisition) which is written in Java and More ❯

The Role Development Team Lead needed to join and manage our development team to help us keep our customers happy through building and improving our software; whilst working with amazing technologists to solve highly complex problems. For us, teamwork is everything. We listen to each other, we adapt, we evolve and we strive to innovate. We are making … significant investments in our business and we will invest in you. Responsibilities Lead, coach and develop high performing engineers Set individuals development and performance objectives Ensure key operational processes are continually improved, documented and communicated Coordinate work according to priorities and ensure stakeholders are updated on progress Serve as a role model and ensure the team follows best-practices … Experience Strong Knowledge of C# and SQL Experience building on Azure, GCP or AWS At least 5 years of experience building distributed systems Excellent communication skills Can inspire and lead a team Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects Tech Stack C# .NET Kafka Real time distributed systems High throughput Git Elastic stack If you are not an expert in these More ❯

ve led engineering teams. You’ve managed and grown mid-sized teams (5-10 engineers), and you know how to balance delivery with team wellbeing. You value leadership. You lead by example, create space for others to thrive, and measure your success through the growth and success of your team. You communicate with clarity. Whether in code reviews, design More ❯

Principal Front Office Developer - Trade Capture, Pricing, Risk, and STP You will be: Accountable for the successful software delivery from inception to deployment for the complete Front Office Derivatives Technology Stack Deliver key strategic business goals by identifying systems changes that support revenue generation and regulatory reporting for the Front Office businesses, focusing on Derivatives Markets Build the future … stack Responsible for the implementation of high priority, high value changes in close cooperation with Product Managers ensuring fast, stable, resilient and supportable systems within the approved budgetary framework. Lead the team of 15+ Front Office developers to deliver on their individual responsibilities and ensure that the Front Office desks are fully supported with a global system architecture. Responsibilities … Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java-based software components for trade capture, pricing, risk calculation, payments, settlements, and regulatory reporting Develop scalable and accurate solutions to meet the evolving needs of our business Be a part of the global Level 3 support team, providing on-call support and responding to pager duty alerts Follow and improve established Software More ❯

About Us Software helps to enable the world-leading science performed at Diamond. Our software systems facilitate operations at all levels, including the low-level control of synchrotron and beamline hardware, the planning, execution and monitor of experiments, data archiving and retrieval, data processing and visualisation, the application for beamtime, and capture of remote experiment plans and s... More ❯

About Us Software helps to enable the world-leading science performed at Diamond. Our software systems facilitate operations at all levels, including the low-level control of synchrotron and beamline hardware, the planning, execution and monitor of experiments, data archiving and retrieval, data processing and visualisation, the application for beamtime, and capture of remote experiment plans and s More ❯