Lead Senior Software Engineer - Northampton

Lead Senior Software Engineer

Location: Northampton – Hybrid

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

We’re looking for a Lead Senior Software Engineer to take a central role in shaping, guiding, and delivering our internal and customer-facing software systems. You’ll lead a team of developers working on a range of platforms from e-commerce systems to internal tooling and integrations while helping refine our development processes and architecture.

This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development. You’ll need strong experience with both legacy and modern .NET technologies and cloud platforms, alongside the ability to mentor developers, work across departments, and help drive projects forward.

• Lead a small team of developers, supporting their growth and performance
• Guide the architecture and development of systems in .NET (C#)
• Work across legacy and modern codebases
• Collaborate with project managers and other departments to align technical work with business goals
• Implement and maintain systems using SQL, APIs, RabbitMQ, Redis, and cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS)
• Help shape and refine our CI/CD pipelines and coding standards

• Strong experience in C#/.NET Core
• Experience leading or mentoring developers
• Solid understanding of SQL (PostgreSQL, MSSQL or similar)
• Experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ and caching tools like Redis
• Familiarity with cloud platforms—Azure preferred, AWS also welcome
• Experience working with multiple systems and integrating across platforms
• Confidence working with source control (Git), modern DevOps practices, and deployment pipelines

• Competitive salary (based on experience)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
• Office shutdown over Christmas
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Hybrid working with project-based flexibility