Lead Software Engineer

Lead Full-stack Engineer | Digital Product Studio

📍 London (Hybrid)

💰 £75,000 – £100,000 + benefits

🏢 Permanent

We’re partnering with an award-winning digital product studio known for building beautifully crafted, human-centred digital products for global clients. With a strong reputation across design, product and engineering, they deliver impactful work across the full product lifecycle — from early discovery through to large-scale builds.

They’re now looking for a Lead Full-stack Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality digital products.

The Role

This is a hands-on technical leadership position, combining full-stack development with ownership of technical direction across projects.

You’ll:

• Lead the design, development and delivery of scalable digital products (frontend, backend & infrastructure)
• Drive technical direction, ensuring solutions are robust, secure and performant
• Stay close to the code, acting as a senior technical authority within the team
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Delivery to balance quality, timelines and budgets
• Engage directly with clients, shaping technical approaches and communicating solutions clearly
• Mentor engineers and help uplift team capability and standards

What They’re Looking For

• Strong experience building modern full-stack applications (JS/TS/Node or similar)
• Deep knowledge of at least one modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Next.js)
• Experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-based systems (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Strong understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), databases and system architecture
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and automated testing
• Ability to design for non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security, accessibility)
• Comfortable working in agile environments and leading technical discussions with varied stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted development or building AI-enabled features
• Exposure to accessibility (WCAG) or system design at scale
• Interest in emerging technologies and evolving engineering practices

Why This Role?

• Genuine ownership of technical delivery and direction
• Opportunity to work on complex, meaningful digital products
• Collaborative, cross-functional environment with strong design and product culture
• A studio that values craft, curiosity and continuous learning

If you’re a hands-on Lead Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and building impactful products, this is a great opportunity to step into a high-impact role.

📩 Apply via the link or reach out for a confidential conversation.