Lead Software Engineer

Salary: £65,000 – 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experienced Senior or Lead Software Engineer with strong commercial experience building modern web applications
• Strong experience with TypeScript, React and Next.js
• Experience remaining hands-on while leading technical discussions and mentoring engineers
• Experience shaping scalable software solutions
• Experience across backend technologies such as Node.js or C#/.NET would be highly beneficial
• Experience with cloud platforms would be highly beneficial
• Experience with modern software delivery practices would be highly beneficial

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical delivery of modern web applications and platforms
• Develop production code across both frontend and backend technologies
• Design and build scalable APIs and integrations
• Drive architectural decisions and engineering best practices
• Mentor and support a small team of Software Engineers
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance
• Collaborate with product, design and delivery teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Promote software quality through testing, CI/CD, security, performance and observability

Technologies:

• Backend
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Frontend
• Support
• React
• Security
• TypeScript
• Web
• ASP.NET
• NodeJS
• AWS
• Azure
• CMS
• GCP
• JavaScript
• REST

More:

We are partnering with an established digital technology business seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Manchester City Centre on a hybrid basis. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will continue writing production code while providing technical direction and mentoring a small team of engineers. You will help shape architecture, solve complex technical challenges and drive engineering best practices across modern web platforms. We offer a modern technology stack, supportive engineering culture, ongoing career progression, and competitive salary and benefits.

last updated 40 week of 2026

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