Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Up to £80,000

Remote - Monthly Bristol Office Visit

A growing Bristol-based SaaS organisation is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help shape the future of a market-leading platform used by organisations across the UK. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll combine software engineering, technical direction and people management. You’ll take ownership of complex technical challenges, influence architectural decisions and mentor a small team of engineers while remaining close to the code.

The business operates with a remote-first culture, with a monthly visit to the Bristol office for collaboration and team planning.

Responsibilities:

• Lead delivery of complex, business-critical engineering work
• Guide architectural decisions and system evolution
• Maintain high standards of code quality, reliability and scalability
• Manage technical debt and contribute to long-term platform strategy
• Line manage and mentor engineers within the team
• Lead agile ceremonies, sprint planning and estimations
• Support hiring, onboarding and technical assessments
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business

Essential Experience:

• Strong commercial experience developing software with .NET/ C#
• Front-end development experience with Angular/ TypeScript/ JavaScript
• Experience building scalable production systems
• Strong Azure cloud experience
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practices
• Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Experience:

• Previous line management experience
• Microservices or event-driven architecture
• Docker
• Azure Cosmos DB
• Experience supporting recruitment and interviewing
• Eligibility for SC Clearance

Benefits:

• Flexible remote working
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• Additional leave for long service
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• Enhanced pension
• Private healthcare
• Dental and eye care support
• Life assurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee wellbeing support
• Regular company socials

If interested, please contact Sam John at CPS Group: SJohn@cpsgroupuk.com