Lead Software Engineer

Senior/ Principal / Lead Software Engineers

Newcastle City Centre - 10 minute walk from the train station

Starting salaries ranging from £80K to £140K, depending on level + 10% bonus + benefits (enhanced pension, private medical, etc.).

One of the most ambitious engineering projects is currently happening in the North East right now.

I’ve just met with a CTO whose entire focus is building an environment centred around high calibre engineers, difficult technical problems and giving people the freedom to specialise in what they’re actually great at.

They’re growing fast, which means this isn’t just one hire.

There are multiple roles across different teams and domains, so whether someone’s strengths sit in backend engineering, distributed systems, platform work, performance engineering, AI/ML, full-stack or architecture, there’s flexibility to shape roles around where people add the most value.

Same with technology.

This isn’t a business forcing everyone into one stack because it’s fashionable. Different teams solve different problems.

Current engineering backgrounds across the organisation include:

• C++

• .NET

• Rust

• Java

• Python

• Node

The choice is largely yours depending on where your strengths and interests sit.

The bigger thing they care about is engineering quality.

People who enjoy solving hard problems. Engineers who care about architecture, scalability, maintainability and building systems properly. People who still genuinely enjoy the craft.

You’d still be heavily hands-on as well.

The culture stood out immediately, too. Very low ego. Very technical. Strong collaboration between engineers. Smart people pushing each other in a positive way.

For Newcastle, opportunities to join an engineering group like this are still rare; this is one of the bigger salaries I've ever seen in the north of England.

If you’re someone who wants to be surrounded by ambitious technical people and do the best engineering work of your career, worth a conversation.