This is a hands-on lead role with broad ownership. You’ll work across customer-facing systems, internal tooling, integrations and infrastructure, solving genuinely interesting technical problems with plenty of autonomy.
You’ll lead and grow a small engineering team that values pragmatism, ownership and getting useful things shipped.
What you’ll work on
- Backend services, internal tools and automation
- Integrations across business-critical systems
- Cloud-native, containerised applications
- Event-driven systems and platform reliability
- CI/CD, testing and observability
- AI-assisted and agentic tooling to improve engineering workflows and reduce manual work
What we’re looking for
- Solid TypeScript experience; exposure to PHP is useful but not essential
- Experience with Postgres or similar relational databases
- Practical Kubernetes and CI/CD knowledge
- Comfortable owning systems from design through to deployment and maintenance
- Experience building event-driven systems
- Confident using modern AI-assisted coding tools
- Happy coaching others and helping improve engineering standards
This would suit someone who enjoys building, tinkering and solving difficult technical problems, while keeping the end user firmly in mind.
Location: Ideally you would be able to spend some time in the Kent based office, but we will be flexible for the right person.
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Lead Software Engineer in England employer: Motive Group
Join a dynamic and rapidly expanding AI company in the heart of London, where you'll have the opportunity to shape engineering culture and infrastructure from the ground up. With a flat structure that promotes direct access to founders, competitive salaries, equity options, and generous benefits including private health insurance and gym memberships, this role offers not just a job but a pathway for meaningful growth and collaboration in a vibrant work environment.
