Lead Software Engineer in Leeds

Lead Software Engineer plays a pivotal role in driving the design, development, and implementation of scalable software solutions that meet the evolving needs of the business. Leading at a pod level, you’ll provide technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure the delivery of high‑quality, reliable products. This role combines hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, setting standards, shaping best practices, and guiding the team to deliver impactful outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and development of complex software applications, ensuring they meet technical and business requirements.
• Take accountability for the pod’s outcomes by implementing software architectural principles, development patterns, and best practices for new and existing code and services.
• Utilise advanced programming skills to write, test, and maintain high–quality code.
• Apply broad expertise in software engineering to develop innovative solutions and improve functionality.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team.
• Direct the application of existing principles and contribute to the development of new ideas.
• Be recognised internally as a subject‑matter expert, providing leadership on technical projects and initiatives.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements, deliverables, and estimates.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Facilitate collaboration among team members, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Develop creative solutions to complex problems, leveraging a thorough understanding of software engineering principles.
• Meet agreed quality and test coverage standards by driving a test‑first mindset.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience designing and building complex, scalable software applications in a production environment.
• Strong proficiency in relevant programming languages within Simpro Group’s tech stack (e.g. C#, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python or similar).
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices across distributed systems and services.
• Experience leading engineering initiatives at a pod or team level, taking accountability for technical outcomes and delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code, with a strong focus on quality and performance.
• Strong experience with automated testing frameworks and a test‑first or TDD mindset.
• Experience building reusable components, shared libraries and scalable services.
• Ability to provide technical mentorship, code reviews and constructive feedback to engineers at varying levels.
• Experience collaborating cross‑functionally with Product Managers, Designers, and stakeholders to define requirements, scope solutions and provide technical estimates.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience identifying and solving complex engineering challenges with pragmatic, innovative solutions.
• Familiarity with modern development practices such as CI/CD, cloud‑based environments, version control (e.g. Git), and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects and guide engineering teams.

What We Can Offer You

• A generous annual leave entitlement plus a personal leave entitlement.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential support on relationships, bereavement, finances).
• Life Insurance.
• Company pension scheme, with an uncapped 5% employer contribution.
• Generous Parental Leave Program.
• Paid Volunteer Leave Days.
• Public Holiday Exchange Scheme.
• Enjoy up to 4 weeks a year of flexible 'Work from Anywhere'!
• Talent Referral Programme – get rewarded for referring a friend to join our team!
• Cyclescheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to a bike & equipment.
• Home & Tech Scheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to some new tech.
• A discounts and cash back scheme.
• Casual dress and relaxed office environment.
• Opportunities for career progression and development.
• Diverse training & internal networking opportunities across all of our product lines.
• Service recognition awards.

Our Core Values

• We Are One Team.
• We Are Customer Centric.
• We Are Growth Minded.
• We Are Accountable.
• We Celebrate Success.

Simpro, AroFlo, BigChange & ClockShark are equal opportunity employers with a best‑of‑class onboarding program and supportive team environments. This means that we want everyone to feel welcome and offer equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other non‑performance factor. If you’d like to join a fun and progressive organisation, where there are opportunities to develop your career, please apply now with your CV/Resume. Please note: no agencies will be accepted in the recruitment of this role. Any CVs provided to Simpro Software by agencies will be treated as a gift.