Lead Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Full Stack) in Manchester

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team: Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national and global blue-chip companies, as well as public sector organizations. Our teams regularly develop products that reach and impact millions of users.

As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to:

• Create Innovative Digital Solutions: take part in designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge digital applications tailored to address unique business challenges across several industries.
• Showcase Technical Leadership: display your technical leadership skills by guiding and collaborating with both onshore and offshore developer team members during client projects, ensuring successful outcomes.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• You’ve spent a number of years building backend services in several different integration paradigms, for example synchronous API-driven, message-driven, and event-driven.
• You’re fluent in at least one of the following: Java / Typescript / C# / Python / Go / Angular / React, Vue, Svelte.
• You have recent experience building, deploying, and running cloud-native applications on top of AWS or Azure or GCP.
• You’re used to working in DevOps teams with industry-standard practices.
• You’re used to producing repeatable, automated tests for your own work.
• You love working with people to build things and solve problems together in an egoless way, regardless of their level of experience or your role in the team.
• You’re comfortable with change and always happy to learn something new; as consultants we flex our individual roles and tech stacks as required to get the best outcomes for our clients.
• You have some experience leading a team and growing the careers of team members, or you are able to lead a tech stream.

What’s in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.