Lead Software Engineer

🚀 Lead Software Engineer (Azure / Node.js) – Contract

Start: ASAP

End date: October 2026

Band: 3

Location: Remote – (Just up to 2 days per month on-site in Nottingham)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to own the technical delivery of cloud-native, event-driven solutions within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, guiding a team of engineers while ensuring high standards of quality, security, and architectural best practice.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys leading by example and driving technical excellence across enterprise-scale platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage and Azure Service Bus
• Provide hands-on development using Node.js and TypeScript, delivering high-quality, scalable and maintainable code
• Own the technical architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
• Lead and be accountable for the team’s technical delivery, quality and timelines
• Mentor and support engineers through a structured knowledge-sharing and best-practice approach
• Conduct code reviews and enforce quality gates and engineering standards
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps and client stakeholders
• Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, observable and cost-optimised
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes
• Travel to Nottingham client site up to 2 days per month

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (Functions, Storage – Blob/Table/Queue, Service Bus)
• Advanced proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
• Proven experience building event-driven and serverless architectures
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and integration patterns
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Secure coding and cloud security principles
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
• Strong Git-based version control and collaborative workflows
• Proven experience leading engineering teams on enterprise-level projects

Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Dataverse
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)
• Azure monitoring and observability tools (Application Insights, Azure Monitor)
• Agile / Scrum delivery environments