Senior Lead Developer

Lead Developer – Step Into Engineering Management (CTO-Level Growth Ahead)

£75,000 to £100,000 + Bonus (~10%)

Hybrid: 1 to 2 Days Onsite (Oxfordshire Area)

VIQU have partnered with a rapidly growing tech company in the energy sector. They are now looking for a Lead Developer who wants to step into genuine engineering leadership, with a clear path into Software Engineering Manager and longer-term CTO-level responsibility as the business evolves.

What Matters For This Role

Engineering Leadership

• Experience leading or managing developers.
• Proven mentoring, coaching or developing junior engineers.
• Comfortable shaping best practices, processes and team culture.

Technical Foundations

Experience with any of the following is beneficial:

• Python
• AWS serverless (Lambda, S3, SQS, API Gateway)
• React / JavaScript
• REST APIs
• SQL

Strong back-end or cloud developers from other stacks will still be considered.

This role has two phases:

Phase 1: Lead Developer (Now)

• Lead development across a modern, serverless cloud stack (AWS, Python, React, SQL).
• Work closely with the senior developers while contributing hands-on.
• Take ownership of development standards, technical decision-making and tooling.
• Support agile delivery within small, self-managing teams.

Phase 2: Engineering Manager / Future Technical Leader

• Grow, mentor and manage multiple development teams (approx. 3 teams of 3).
• Coach junior developers and guide technical career paths.
• Shape the engineering culture, best-practice processes and delivery frameworks.
• Take increasing ownership of technical strategy as the founders step back.

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