Staff Software Engineer

Staff Engineer / Circa £85,000 / Remote first

As a Staff Engineer, you'll provide leadership across the value stream, driving technical strategy, guiding architectural decisions and influencing engineering outcomes across multiple teams. You'll act as a trusted technical authority, working closely with Principal Engineers, Architects, Product and Delivery leaders to align engineering delivery with broader business and technology objectives

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You'll balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical contribution, leading solution design, validating architectural approaches, tackling complex technical challenges and supporting teams through key delivery initiative

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Technical Environm

entReact, NestJS, Cloud Platforms (GCP/Azure), Micro Frontends, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Security Best Practices and Modern Engineering Practic

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Key Responsibili

• tiesProvide technical leadership across multiple engineering squads, driving consistency and engineering excelle
• nce.Influence technical strategy, architecture and technology roadm
• aps.Partner with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Architecture, Delivery and Capability functi
• ons.Lead the design of scalable, secure and cloud-native soluti
• ons.Act as the technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges and major initiati
• ves.Drive best practices across software development, CI/CD, testing, automation and platform reliabil
• ity.Identify risks, challenge existing approaches and improve engineering processes across the wider platf
• orm.Mentor and coach engineers, helping raise technical capability across the organisat
• ion.Build alignment across teams, influencing decisions without direct author

ity.About

YouWe're looking for someone who is more than just a strong engineer. You'll be a recognised technical leader with the ability to influence, challenge and drive change across a complex technology landsc

ape.You will br

• ing:Experience operating as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or Senior Technical Lead within a complex environm
• ent.A proven track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or squ
• ads.Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence engineers, architects and business stakeholders al
• ike.The ability to operate comfortably at both strategic and hands-on lev
• els.Deep expertise in React and modern web application developm
• ent.Experience driving technical decision-making, navigating ambiguity and delivering outcomes through influence rather than author
• ity.A passion for mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standa
• rds.Strong ownership mindset with the ability to identify problems, create solutions and drive them through to complet