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About IRIS Software Group

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, providing mission-critical solutions that help organisations reduce admin, improve efficiency, and focus on what matters. For over 45 years, we’ve grown from an accounting software provider to a global partner trusted by 100,000+ customers in 135 countries , including 50 of the Top 100 CPA firms in North America .

Our cloud-based accounting, HR, payroll, and education solutions are developed through our Centres of Excellence in India and Romania. Today, 1 in 6 UK employees are paid through IRIS payroll , we are the largest third-party online tax filer with HMRC , and our education software supports 12,000+ schools and 4 million families .

In 2024, we received multiple industry recognitions, including the Payroll Innovation Award (Global Payroll Association) , Best EdTech Product (Global EdTech Awards) , and Microsoft Security Partner of the Year . We are also proud to be consistently named a Great Place to Work , including Best Workplaces in Tech, Wellbeing, and for Women.

The Engineering Lead is a hybrid leadership role that combines technical leadership, agile delivery ownership, and people management. This role is designed to lead a single autonomous engineering team, ensuring both delivery excellence and team development, while remaining technically hands-on. The Engineering Lead will be accountable for shaping technical direction, driving high-quality outcomes, and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

This role consolidates responsibilities previously held by the Agile Delivery Manager, Engineering Manager, and Lead Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Ownership (40%)
• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of features and enhancements aligned with business goals.
• Drive predictability, velocity, and quality in delivery through agile practices.
• Provide clear and proactive stakeholder updates on delivery progress, risks, and blockers.
• Technical Leadership & Contribution (40%)
• Stay technically hands-on, contributing to code, reviews, and architecture decisions.
• Define and document technical decisions, patterns, and team ways-of-working.
• Improve product reliability, resilience, scalability, and technical debt management.
• Explore and adopt new engineering tools and practices to enhance delivery velocity, test coverage, and documentation.
• Build and develop a high-functioning team with strong ownership and autonomy.
• Support career growth, succession planning, and personal development initiatives.
• Foster positive engagement, collaboration, and cross-functional partnerships.
• Lead exploration and application of AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor etc.) to improve engineering velocity and quality. Actively share experiences with partner teams.
• A high-performing, autonomous team with strong ownership and succession planning.
• Documented technical decisions, architecture patterns, and team processes.
• Quarterly OKRs/KPIs achieved or exceeded.
• Transparent communication with stakeholders on delivery status, risks, and dependencies.

Required Experience

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 2+ years in a team lead or technical leadership capacity – this may be on a formal or informal basis.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex software projects using Agile methodologies.
• Proven technical skills in a relevant tech stack with recent hands-on contributions.
• Experience of working on highly scalable solutions, with internet facing traffic levels, deployed to the cloud.
• Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps principles.
• Experience with observability, security, and production support practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Effective prioritisation and negotiation skills
• Demonstrable experience in the following technologies related to SAAS and best software development practices such as, Microsoft .Net stack, Azure, C#, .NET Core, ReactJS, Blazor, Web API, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Microsoft SQL Server, Microservices (AKS), Azure Service Bus. AWS (Lambda, SQS/SNS, EC2, Fargate), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) technologies.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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