Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Up to £90,000 per annum

Milton Keynes - Once a week on site

VIQU IT have partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation who are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping technical direction of the products, and lead a team of five software engineers.

The role will involve hands on technical leadership, running architecture reviews, managing and mentoring engineers and ensuring projects are delivered successfully.

It is an opportunity to shape engineering standards at a company at a pivotal point in their growth, having an influence over the technical strategy whilst remaining hands on.

Experience required:

• Strong background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture.
• A track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers.
• Serverless AWS experience including; Lambda, IAM, API Gateway and event-driven architecture in AWS environments.
• Experience with frond end development (ideally React but open to other technologies).
• Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test driven development). SpecFlow for Behaviour-Driven Development and Postman for API testing.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications.
• Strong SQL Server skills and experience with databases.

Duties of the Lead Software Engineer

• Leading a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.
• Conducting code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality, and maintainability whilst remaining hands on in the code.
• Embedding robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and driving automation across regression suites
• Design and architect solutions using CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and event-driven architecture patterns
• Working within AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, event-based services)
• Exploring and introducing AI related efficiencies.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Jack McManus via the jack.mcmanus@viqu.co.uk

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