Senior/Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack)

About CreateFuture

Working at CreateFuture, we are fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.

We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. Together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. We have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.

About the role and team

You will form part of a cross-functional agile team, working closely with 3-5 other engineers, led by a Tech Lead, and working closely with QA, Product and Design to deliver high-quality work for clients across a number of industries. Your role in the team is highly valued, and you’ll be a key player in ensuring the success of our projects.

We define our Lead role as someone who is able to confidently champion technical improvements, sets the bar high for best engineering practices and takes responsibility for the overall success of the project for the client and CreateFuture.

What you’ll be doing

• Backend Development: Building robust and efficient backend systems using Java, RESTful APIs, and database technologies.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge and promote software engineering best practices at all times. You will also lead the technical direction on your client project and ensure that your solutions are well understood and implemented.
• Problem-Solving: Identify and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the full project team (including BAs, QAs and members of the client team) to provide the best solutions to our clients.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends.

We’d love to talk if you have:

• Commercial experience with one or more technical stacks: Java, .NET, Typescript (Backend/Frontend), Automation, or Mobile (native and/or cross-platform).
• Skilled at using modern cloud infrastructure, experienced when it comes to deploying and hosting applications on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• You actively facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing within your client team, as well as the wider Engineering department.
• You advocate for best engineering practices such as: code reviews, paired programming and automated tests.

Nice to have:

• You are familiar with the concept of DevOps and CI-CD.
• Experience of using tools and applications such as: K8s, Docker, Terraform, Splunk, Chef, Puppet or Grafana.

What we’ll offer you

At CreateFuture, we challenge ourselves to go beyond the obvious and we care deeply about our craft and customers. With us, you’ll have ambitious projects to sink your teeth into and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. You’ll be part of our safe, supportive and friendly culture - that looks after you - and join our team of genuinely great people.

Our benefits include:

• Total 35 days holiday (we have flexible bank holidays).
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave.
• 1-1 professional financial coaching.
• Pension - matched up to 5%.

We’re looking for people within a commuting distance of our hub locations and who are flexible to travel to client sites and CreateFuture regional offices. We are very flexible and trust you to manage your own schedule to balance face-to-face time with clients, colleagues and working from home.

Next steps

Our TA team aims to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of if we are progressing with your application.

We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products. We are committed to our goal of creating the most inclusive workplace possible.

If you need additional support or accommodation during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know. We look forward to your application!