Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Salary:
Up to £85,000 per annum

Location:

Milton Keynes (twice a week on site)

VIQU IT has partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation that is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping the 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 its growth, having an influence over the technical strategy while remaining hands‑on.

• Strong background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture.
• Track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers.
• AWS experience including IAM, Lambda, API Gateway and event‑driven architectures.
• Experience with Angular front‑end framework, REST APIs and Web API development.
• Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test‑driven development). Spec Flow for BDD 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.

• Leading a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.
• Conducting code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality, and maintainability while remaining hands‑on in the code.
• Embedding robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and driving automation across regression suites.
• Designing and architecting solutions using CQRS 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 (url removed).