At a Glance
- Tasks: Guide teams in delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions and support engineers' development.
- Company: Dunnhumby Ltd focuses on data science and customer insights, collaborating with hackajob for talent acquisition.
- Benefits: Foster a collaborative, high-performing environment while ensuring best practices in code quality and delivery.
- Other info: Experience in Agile teams and strong communication skills are essential.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic Application Platform Team and influence the growth of engineers at various levels.
- Qualifications: Hands-on experience with .NET, Python, React/JavaScript, Terraform, and cloud-native environments required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
hackajob is collaborating with Dunnhumby Ltd to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
We’re looking for a Lead Engineer to join our Application Platform Team, who combines strong technical expertise with people leadership, capable of guiding teams delivering high‑quality, production‑ready solutions. You’ll bring hands‑on experience across modern engineering stacks and be comfortable working closely with platform, product, and data teams to deliver scalable systems. Alongside this, you’ll play a key role in developing and supporting engineers at different levels, fostering a collaborative, high‑performing environment, and ensuring best practices around code quality, reliability, and delivery are consistently upheld.
What We’re Looking For
- Hands‑on experience with .NET, Python, React/JavaScript, and Terraform (bonus: exposure to Go/Rust)
- Comfortable with cloud‑native environments (Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps) and working alongside platform teams
- Proven experience shipping production code, ideally in cloud environments
- Solid CI/CD knowledge (pipelines, testing, deployment) with tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Octopus
- Prioritises code quality, testing, and standards as a given
- Familiar with Kubernetes patterns, ArgoCD, secrets management, and multi‑cloud (GCP/Azure)
- Good understanding of observability (e.g. New Relic) and what “good” looks like in production
- Able to set direction, not just follow - comfortable working cross‑functionally
- Experience managing engineers and supporting team growth
- Works effectively in Agile teams and keeps processes pragmatic
- Strong communicator, able to engage both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
- Encourages knowledge sharing through practical approaches (pairing, documentation, etc.)
Lead Full Stack Engineer in Manchester employer: hackajob
Dunnhumby Ltd is located in London and offers a unique opportunity to work with data-driven insights. The team values collaboration and encourages knowledge sharing through practical approaches like pairing and documentation.
