As a hands‑on Software Engineering Lead, you'll lead a small team while actively contributing to delivery—roughly 60% engineering and 40% people/delivery leadership. You'll own day‑to‑day execution, coach engineers, and partner with stakeholders, working alongside a Principal Engineer who sets overall technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Lead day‑to‑day delivery for a small engineering team across multiple initiatives.
- Design, build, and maintain backend services in C#/.NET.
- Build and evolve frontend features using Angular and TypeScript.
- Write clean, testable, maintainable code and set a high bar for engineering quality.
- Champion strong development practices including code review, pair programming, and TDD.
- Operate and improve services hosted on AWS, including reliability and performance.
- Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Translate requirements into clear technical tasks using a spec‑driven approach.
- Mentor and line‑manage engineers (~5), supporting growth and career development.
- Communicate progress, risks, and timelines clearly to product and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- 7+ years' professional software engineering experience.
- Strong, recent hands‑on experience with C#/.NET.
- Strong, recent hands‑on experience with Angular and TypeScript.
- Practical experience building and running workloads on AWS.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern source control workflows (e.g., GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
- Comfortable with TDD, code review, and collaborative development practices.
- Proven experience leading, mentoring, or line‑managing engineers.
- Strong delivery ownership: planning, prioritisation, and keeping work on track.
- Clear stakeholder communication, including progress updates and risk management.
- A pragmatic, early‑adopter mindset toward AI‑assisted development tools to improve quality and speed.
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