C++ Technical Lead in Nottingham

Within your role as a C++ Technical Lead, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the technical direction, engineering quality, and delivery excellence of a large-scale, mission-critical product ecosystem. No two days will look the same; you will influence a broad portfolio of projects while guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges. You will join a highly capable department of more than 150 engineers, ranging from Graduates to Solution Architects, where you will provide leadership, mentorship, and technical authority across multiple teams. You will have a clearly defined progression framework, supported by ongoing professional development, architectural guidance, and opportunities to broaden your leadership impact.

As a Technical Lead, you will oversee the design, implementation, and optimisation of advanced C++ solutions, ensuring our systems remain robust, scalable, and aligned with best-in-class engineering practices. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to refine architectures, drive technical decision-making, and unblock complex engineering challenges. Alongside hands-on technical oversight, you will champion engineering excellence across code quality, performance, security, and maintainability, while supporting and developing the next generation of engineers through structured coaching and collaboration.

At Microlise, we recognise the importance of balance. Our flexible ways of working and low-overtime culture reflect our commitment to supporting engineers in doing their best work sustainably demonstrated by our average tenure of over seven years. If you are a technically strong, forward-thinking leader ready to take on a high-impact role, we would love to hear from you.

Ways of Working

• Monthly: Drive technical strategy across stakeholder demonstrations and product reviews; shape and validate architectural decisions; support release cycles with senior-level oversight; produce high-quality technical reports; contribute to mobile and platform-level engineering initiatives; and provide thought leadership across ongoing projects.
• Fortnightly: Lead planning sessions, retrospectives, and sprint reviews, ensuring teams are aligned with architectural standards and delivery priorities. Facilitate technical discussions that influence design direction and continuous improvement across multiple teams.
• Weekly: Guide public code reviews, support engineering dojos, and refine system-level design decisions. Coach teams in adopting modern engineering practices, improving code quality, and enabling a strong shared understanding of architectural principles.
• Daily: Support daily stand-ups and unblock engineering teams; oversee complex debugging and performance optimisation; review and approve high-risk pull requests; drive reduction of technical debt; monitor system behaviour in production; and collaborate on design sessions, pair programming, and high-value engineering activities.

What We're Looking For

• A degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical discipline.
• Deep understanding of core computer science principles, with the ability to apply them at architectural and system-design levels.
• Extensive hands-on experience delivering high-quality, maintainable software in a commercial environment, ideally in a lead or principal-level capacity.
• Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++11 and beyond), including memory management, templates, concurrency models, and performance-critical programming.
• Experience with C# and the wider .NET ecosystem is highly advantageous, especially where systems require cross-language integration or sophisticated tooling support.
• Strong experience operating within a mature software development lifecycle, including leading code reviews, facilitating design workshops, and influencing technical direction.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design, SOLID principles, and the ability to architect extensible and robust software systems.
• Proficiency in SQL and Microsoft SQL Server, capable of analysing performance, optimising queries, and collaborating effectively with data specialists.
• Strong background in building and maintaining comprehensive unit and integration test suites across complex, multi-layered systems.
• Working knowledge of software design patterns, performance optimisation strategies, and tooling for high-throughput or low-latency environments.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing engineers at all levels, providing strategic technical guidance and supporting growth across multiple teams.
• A collaborative and influential communication style, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, continuous learning, and shared ownership.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and passionate about technology, with a commitment to driving quality, innovation, and organisational improvement.

Why Microlise?

• Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange.
• Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.
• Full support and training to ensure you are well equipped to succeed in your role.
• Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!
• Great Place to Work certified. We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!
• Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!
• 25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays.