Staff Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - Up to £70k - Hybrid (Newcastle, 2 Days Onsite)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Staff Software Engineer to join a high-performing product-led business, working within their Engagement tribe-a key area focused on enhancing player interaction and experience across the platform.

This is a senior-level role requiring strong technical leadership, architectural oversight, and hands-on engineering skills. The successful candidate will take ownership of scalable solution design, system health, code quality, and technical direction within one of the platform's core value streams.

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Champion engineering best practices, system reliability, and architectural integrity

• Define and track progress toward Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

• Collaborate with product stakeholders to shape robust and scalable solutions

• Take responsibility for non-functional areas such as performance, maintainability, and security

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship across multiple teams

• Manage and document technical decisions, approaches, and architecture

Solution Design & Planning

• Lead high-level solution design for new features and platform improvements

• Support delivery planning through accurate estimation and complexity analysis

• Ensure alignment with wider engineering and architectural strategies

• Liaise with external partners as needed to support solution development

Execution & Delivery

• Work closely with engineering managers to plan implementation strategies

• Assist teams during execution through prototyping, pair programming, and code reviews

• Engage in diagnostics and incident response for platform reliability

Continuous Improvement & Knowledge Sharing

• Maintain clear technical documentation

• Share knowledge across engineering, service, and compliance teams

• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and mentoring to grow overall technical capability

• Proven experience designing and delivering complex, scalable systems

• Strong programming skills in modern technologies such as C#, .NET, TypeScript/JavaScript , and Azure

• Deep understanding of engineering principles, code quality, and system architecture

• Comfortable making technical decisions under pressure and balancing short- vs long-term goals

• Excellent communication skills-able to collaborate effectively across teams and explain complex concepts clearly

• Self-starter with strong time management and problem-solving abilities

• Experience providing technical leadership across multiple workstreams

Location : Hybrid - 2 days per week required onsite in Newcastle

Salary : Up to £70,000 DOE + benefits

Interested in learning more? Get in touch to discuss the role in more detail.

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