Lead Software Engineer Jobs in the UK

51 to 75 of 106 Lead Software Engineer Jobs in the UK

Lead Software Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hudl
it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyze data, share highlights and more. Ready to join us? Your role We're currently seeking a Lead Engineer to join our Human Performance group, which is focused on building cutting-edge solutions for athletes and sports teams that directly impact how they train, compete and … achieve peak performance. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of this mission and will be providing technical leadership, driving innovation and delivering impactful solutions that our customers love. You will: Driving technical strategy and innovation. You'll define and champion medium-to-long term system architecture, setting technical roadmaps and fostering a … stack engineering, leveraging cloud-based systems and championing practices like TDD and CI/CD to ensure high code quality and efficient delivery. Coaching experience. You know building excellent software is a team effort and you're willing to collaborate with others to get to the best outcome-whether that means providing input in technical discussions, pitching in when More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Belfast, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VanRath
shape the future of AI and next-generation fintech? VANRATH is thrilled to partner with one of the world's most influential payments and technology companies to recruit a Software Lead/Senior Software Engineer for its elite Belfast-based team. This is your chance to work on a truly global scale, with technology trusted by … first choice - but we welcome all object-oriented developers Hands-on leadership shaping team, product, and tech direction Rare opportunity to build the fintech of the future Your Mission Lead and build performant, resilient software using Java (or similar OO language) and Spring Boot Architect and implement microservices and RESTful APIs with a cloud-native mindset Champion best … Bring Proven experience in Java or a similar OOP stack (e.g., C#, Kotlin, Scala) Strong grasp of REST APIs, microservices, and containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) Agile mindset with strong software engineering fundamentals Passion for innovation, learning, and leading by example Familiarity with DevOps tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, CI/CD) Excellent communication and teamwork skills Bonus Points For Experience More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Bristol, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
ISL Talent
Lead Software Engineer Maya, tech startup Up to £85k salary + equity Bristol, hybrid working If the chance to transform a broken part of the global automotive industry through digitalisation excites you and you want to own that journey, not just join it, then this could be the place for you. Maya Maya is a tech startup … someone who thrives in the early stages where problems aren’t always defined, and solutions are shaped in real time. Ideally, you’ll bring: Experience building a high performing software platform for a product driven startup Full stack or back-end development experience, with a solid understanding of infrastructure and product thinking Interest or experience in building tools powered More ❯
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Lead Software Engineer

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Big Sis (Insect Control)
Lead Software Engineer Location : Reading, RG30 1DZ Working hours: 37.5 hours, Monday Friday Salary: Competitive About BigSis BigSis, is a UK start-up, is applying robotics and artificial intelligence to transform the production of sterile male insects, which are used for chemical-free control of pest insects click apply for full job details More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Lead Developer Cloud-Native Solutions (AWS, .NET 8, React) Location: Manchester or Leeds (Hybrid) Salary: £80,000 (dependant on experience)+ bonus + excellent benefits Drive Innovation. Lead with Purpose. Build the Future. Were hiring a Lead Developer to join a high-performing engineering team driving the digital transformation of a major pan-European platform. This is … powered by AWS , .NET 8 , React , and Terraform all while working in a collaborative, agile environment that values technical excellence , mentorship , and continuous improvement . What Youll Be Doing Lead and mentor a team of engineersguiding technical direction, fostering best practices, and championing innovation. Stay hands-on : drive code quality through reviews, architecture design, and standards setting. Own and … cloud-first , microservices-based , event-driven architecture . Continuously improve infrastructure with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and CI/CD pipelines. What Were Looking For Proven experience in a Lead or Senior Developer role within agile software teams. Strong background in .NET (preferably .NET 8) and AWS Cloud technologies. Proficiency with React , JavaScript/TypeScript , and modern front More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £80,000
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Lead Software Engineer

Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Digital Waffle
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack JavaScript) Location: Derby Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 We're seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead to join us as part of the expansion in our Development team. This is a great opportunity to take on a hands-on leadership role, helping to design, build, and scale the … design and implementation of product features in our applications, APIs, and information gathering systems Scale infrastructure in line with our growth Collaborate closely with our product and design teams Lead by example in code quality, performance optimisation, and system reliability Play a key role in architectural decisions and lead complex technical projects Own features from concept through to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Daniel James Resourcing
Lead Developer – Cloud-Native Solutions (AWS, .NET 8, React) Location: Manchester or Leeds (Hybrid) Salary: £80,000 (dependant on experience) + bonus + excellent benefits Drive Innovation. Lead with Purpose. Build the Future. We’re hiring a Lead Developer to join a high-performing engineering team driving the digital transformation of a major pan-European platform.This is … powered by AWS , .NET 8 , React , and Terraform —all while working in a collaborative, agile environment that values technical excellence , mentorship , and continuous improvement .What You’ll Be Doing Lead and mentor a team of engineers—guiding technical direction, fostering best practices, and championing innovation. Stay hands-on : drive code quality through reviews, architecture design, and standards setting. Own … first , microservices-based , event-driven architecture . Continuously improve infrastructure with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and CI/CD pipelines. What We’re Looking For Proven experience in a Lead or Senior Developer role within agile software teams. Strong background in .NET (preferably .NET 8) and AWS Cloud technologies. Proficiency with React , JavaScript/TypeScript , and modern front More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 per annum
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Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead (Go, AWS)

Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Adria Solutions
Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS) Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for Senior Golang Software Engineers. Youll take ownership of core backend systems, lead by example across technical delivery, and support the growth of the engineering team. Expect a hands-on role with real influence over architecture, tooling, and … for full-stack feature delivery Mentoring engineers and supporting their development Driving engineering best practices and contributing to team rituals Key Skills and Experience: Commercial experience as a Senior Engineer or Technical Lead Deep understanding of Go and backend systems architecture Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and DevOps principles Experience mentoring developers and leading small teams Understanding … microservices A supportive, inclusive company culture with a real focus on impact Flexible working - 1-2 days in the Manchester office per week. Interested? Please Click Apply Now!Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £90,000
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Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead (Go, AWS)

Stretford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Adria Solutions Ltd
Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS) Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for Senior Golang Software Engineers. You'll take ownership of core backend systems, lead by example across technical delivery, and support the growth of the engineering team. Expect a hands-on role with real influence over architecture, tooling … for full-stack feature delivery Mentoring engineers and supporting their development Driving engineering best practices and contributing to team rituals Key Skills and Experience: Commercial experience as a Senior Engineer or Technical Lead Deep understanding of Go and backend systems architecture Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and DevOps principles Experience mentoring developers and leading small teams Understanding … microservices A supportive, inclusive company culture with a real focus on impact Flexible working - 1-2 days in the Manchester office per week. Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead Go, AWS

Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Adria Solutions
Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS) Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for Senior Golang Software Engineers. You’ll take ownership of core backend systems, lead by example across technical delivery, and support the growth of the engineering team. Expect a hands-on role with real influence over architecture, tooling … for full-stack feature delivery Mentoring engineers and supporting their development Driving engineering best practices and contributing to team rituals Key Skills and Experience: Commercial experience as a Senior Engineer or Technical Lead Deep understanding of Go and backend systems architecture Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and DevOps principles Experience mentoring developers and leading small teams Understanding … microservices A supportive, inclusive company culture with a real focus on impact Flexible working - 1-2 days in the Manchester office per week. Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead (Go, AWS More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 per annum, Negotiable
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Lead Software Engineer

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Goodman Masson
We are working with a major UK-based financial services organisation that is seeking an experienced and hands-on Lead Software Engineer to join its Consumer Lending Engineering division in Chester. This is a full-time hybrid position, ideal for someone who thrives on technical leadership while remaining close to the code - combining engineering excellence with people … management and product delivery in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment. The successful candidate will lead a team within the Credit Cards Engineering function, delivering critical features that power digital banking journeys across web, mobile, and tablet. You'll work at the intersection of engineering innovation and customer experience, contributing to systems that support millions of users applying for … opportunity offers significant scope to influence both technology direction and people development within a business committed to major investment in digital transformation. Key Responsibilities: Own and drive the full software development lifecycle - from concept through delivery - producing maintainable, testable, and scalable software systems. Lead a team of up to 7 engineers, providing technical direction, coaching, and line More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £82,000 - £110,000 per annum
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Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (Java/Python)

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
GlobalRelay
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (Java/Python) London, England, United Kingdom Who we are: For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world's most highly regulated firms, giving … each other, completely free of barriers. We encourage you to apply if your qualifications and experience are a good fit for any of our openings. Your role: As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you oversee testing resources on a small, highly focused team responsible for delivery of highly scalable and robust services within Global … which is considered by the European Commission to provide adequate protection for the collection of personal data from EU data subjects. Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller's behalf, and More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer Engineering Team London, UK

London, United Kingdom
Applied Data Science Partners
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to drive technical project delivery, guiding teams from concept to deployment while ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions.If you enjoy seeing your work deployed into 'real-life' applications, this is the perfect role for you. Not only will you directly contribute to our client deliverables, but you will have the … a co-operative, can-do attitude who can build high-quality data engineering solutions. If this sounds like you, we can't wait to hear from you! KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the design, development, testing, and evaluation of complex software engineering solutions for the successful delivery of multiple client projects Build strong client relationships and lead project-centred … processes for extracting, cleaning and transforming data (SQL/Python) Oversee the delivery of high-quality code and successful project outcomes Line manage and provide career mentorship to other software engineers REQUIRED SKILLS: Degree in a quantitative field such as engineering, mathematics, finance Experience of leading meetings and presenting technical concepts to stakeholders Experience of successfully leading complex software More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
Lloyds Bank plc
two days per week or 40% of your time in our Manchester office (this is non-negotiable). About this opportunity Are you searching for an outstanding opportunity to lead and innovate in the world of software engineering? If so, we're seeking an ambitious and proven Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic team … AI Project of the Year award at the UK IT Industry Awards 2024. In 2025, we're expanding our use of this technology, and need someone to help oversee Software Engineering across the Lab. This presents an exciting opportunity to enhance customer value by increasing assurance, becoming more data-driven, and utilising predictive, groundbreaking technology. Join our Lab and … our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too What you'll do Thought Leadership: Help embed and enhance our Software Engineering practices across the Lab whilst running key ceremonies like the Lab Engineering Chapter. Architectural Design and Development: Lead the design and development of robust software solutions More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Staff Software Engineer & Lead

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Arm Limited
Job Overview: We are looking for a dedicated Staff Software Engineer to join our team in Cambridge. This role has significant impact in improving the engineering experience at Arm! Engineering IT supplies the tools and systems needed for creation of software and hardware IP. Within this the Engineering Platform Services function provides tooling used across the company … s engineering population, as well as focusing on the tooling needs of software engineers. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own one or more engineering platforms and their delivery. You will work with engineers, project management and stakeholders to define the platform roadmap and improve the impact of services for our engineering community. At the heart … of our approach is a genuine passion for improving the lives of Engineers at Arm, and a complete focus on delivering solutions aligned to business outcomes. Responsibilities: Lead the developer portal platform team, providing an outstanding engineering experience for Arm's hardware and software engineers. The domains and areas include: Define a roadmap of future work, carry out More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Margate, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Rise Technical Recruitment Limited
Embedded Software Team Lead Margate (On-Site) Competitive + Training + Progression + Pension An excellent opportunity awaits an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join an industry leader in a role offering great technical ownership, stability and project variety. This company is aa recognised leader in maritime safety sector, with a strong R&D and Engineering … driven culture. In this role, you'll lead the embedded software, taking ownership of firmware and microcontroller development across the full product lifecycle. You'll play a key role in shaping technical direction, contributing to product decisions, and providing technical guidance across the team. This is an office-based role in Margate. The ideal candidate is an experience … embedded engineer with strong hands-on experience developing firmware for microcontroller-based products, looking to step into or build on a team leadership role. This role is site based in Margate, 5 days a week with half days on a Friday. This is a great opportunity to lead a software team in an R&D-driven environment More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Lead Embedded Software Engineer

maidstone, south east england, united kingdom
Rise Technical Recruitment Limited
Embedded Software Team Lead Margate (On-Site) Competitive + Training + Progression + Pension An excellent opportunity awaits an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join an industry leader in a role offering great technical ownership, stability and project variety. This company is aa recognised leader in maritime safety sector, with a strong R&D and Engineering … driven culture. In this role, you'll lead the embedded software, taking ownership of firmware and microcontroller development across the full product lifecycle. You'll play a key role in shaping technical direction, contributing to product decisions, and providing technical guidance across the team. This is an office-based role in Margate. The ideal candidate is an experience … embedded engineer with strong hands-on experience developing firmware for microcontroller-based products, looking to step into or build on a team leadership role. This role is site based in Margate, 5 days a week with half days on a Friday. This is a great opportunity to lead a software team in an R&D-driven environment More ❯
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Lead Software Engineer (Embedded Ada)

Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Leonardo UK Ltd
Job Description: The Opportunity: At Leonardo, we are looking for talented engineers with the expertise and leadership potential and behaviours to develop into a Software Design Authority role within our software development teams. If you have strong technical experience in real-time embedded systems and are eager to expand your leadership and decision-making capabilities, this role will … provide the foundation for your growth. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will: Deliver and integrate high-quality real-time embedded software, ensuring reliability in critical applications. Provide technical guidance and leadership, supporting teams in best practices, system integrity, and software development methodologies. Work closely with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams, contributing to multidisciplinary … solutions. Develop your expertise in an environment that prioritizes learning, mentorship, and career progression. Lead development approaches that emphasise design principles, modularity, reuse, and industry best practices, shaping technical direction while honing your leadership skills. What We Are Looking For: We value leadership potential, experience, and a drive for continuous growth. If you have the technical expertise and ambition More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer - Backend

United Kingdom
JPMorgan Chase & Co
environment that nurtures skills and helps you realize your potential. Our team is key to our success. We're people-first. We value collaboration, curiosity and commitment. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator Business in the Onboarding and KYC team, you are the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas … This way, there's scope for you to make a huge difference - on us as a company, and on our clients and business partners around the world. Job responsibilities : Lead a team of 4 backend engineers with scope to increase Identify skill gaps and help grow the team as needed Drive greenfield projects and set standards for excellence in … technical work with business goals and break down product requirements into actionable technical tasks Provide operational support of production systems within a you-build-it-you-run-it culture Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies Refine and improve development and deployment processes Add to team culture More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Kainos Group plc
that celebrates creativity and collaboration. Ready to make your mark? Join us and be part of something bigger. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS: As a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) in Kainos, you'll be responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions which delight our customers and impact the lives of users … those around you. MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS: • Experience with following tech stack - AWS, Node (or any Javascript frameworks), Typescript, Terraform, AWS CDK • Expertise in designing, building, testing and maintaining modern software applications • Technical leadership of teams building and testing modern, scalable, secure, performant applications in line with software development principles, practices and patterns e.g. XP, TDD • Experience of technical … ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation • Expertise in software design and development across all layers of an application • We are passionate about developing people - a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community. • Experience with the latest Continuous Integration More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Birmingham, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Kainos Group plc
that celebrates creativity and collaboration. Ready to make your mark? Join us and be part of something bigger. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS: As a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) in Kainos, you'll be responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions which delight our customers and impact the lives of users … those around you. MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS: • Experience with following tech stack - AWS, Node (or any Javascript frameworks), Typescript, Terraform, AWS CDK • Expertise in designing, building, testing and maintaining modern software applications • Technical leadership of teams building and testing modern, scalable, secure, performant applications in line with software development principles, practices and patterns e.g. XP, TDD • Experience of technical … ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation • Expertise in software design and development across all layers of an application • We are passionate about developing people - a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community. • Experience with the latest Continuous Integration More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer (.net)

Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Leonardo UK Ltd
Job Description: Job Description Are you a .NET software engineer with the drive and experience to take a lead in developing world-class engineering solutions? Do you value flexible working with great benefits and an emphasis on work life balance? Do you want to grow your career and support others to do the same in an organisation … opportunities? Do you want to deliver solutions within multidisciplinary Agile teams working on the forefront of defence engineering projects? If so then you should apply for one of our software engineer roles. We are looking for engineers at all levels of experience to join our team working on a range of exciting projects. Key Responsibility Areas What will … a typical week look like? Collaborate in the technical solutions with systems engineering teams Learn and grow within a supportive environment Lead and/or influence the development approach considering design principles, modularity and reuse, best practice, toolchain and much more Delivering and integrating high quality code Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required Below is a list of skills for the More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Ultra Electronics Group
done because we recognise, our business is our people. Job Description Ultra PCS is a leader in providing solutions for aerospace and defence systems. We are seeking an experienced Software Team Lead to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of a real time, safety critical, embedded C application which controls a … done because we recognise, our business is our people. Job Description Ultra PCS is a leader in providing solutions for aerospace and defence systems. We are seeking an experienced Software Team Lead to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of a real time, safety critical, embedded C application which controls a … nose wheel steering system. As the Software Team Lead, you will oversee a team of software engineers to derive requirements, compose a spoftware system design, implement, and test a high-reliability safety critical software solution. You will take responsibility for the full software development lifecycle, ensuring compliance with DO-178C level A while pioneering innovation More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer - Python

Glasgow, United Kingdom
JPMorgan Chase & Co
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Risk Technology business, youare an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a … contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. Job responsibilities Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems Develops secure high-quality production code … and reviews and debugs code written by others Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture Leads More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Software Engineer

Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Interquest
Lead Frontend Engineer opportunity – Up to 110k – Chester – Financial Services ECOM are delighted to have teamed up with a leading financial services organisation on their search for a Lead Frontend Engineer to manage a team of developers whilst remaining close to the code so are looking for someone who is happy to split their time effectively. … Our client are building cutting edge software that digitalises the customer journey when it comes to online banking for a customer base of over 25 million. The team is ever expanding and as a result are looking for the best in class when it comes to frontend engineering. Key Responsibilities: - Be a key figure throughout the SDLC by designing … building and delivering resilient software systems (50% of time will be hands on coding) - Technical leadership and management of a team of engineers (50% of time will be people management) - Work with the wider business to deliver solutions at pace - Champion new technologies across the group - Participate in Scrum ceremonies The Ideal Candidate: - Extensive experience with frontend technologies (React More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £80,000 - £110,000 per annum
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Lead Software Engineer
10th Percentile
£70,000
25th Percentile
£76,250
Median
£90,000
75th Percentile
£115,000
90th Percentile
£142,500