Lead Software Engineer (Java / Typescript)

Middlesbrough
3 weeks ago
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Lead Software Engineer (Java / Typescript)

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to take ownership of one of our clients core platform systems. In this pivotal role, you will guide a talented engineering team, ensuring the stability, performance, and ongoing evolution of a mission-critical product area. You’ll balance technical leadership with hands-on engineering, driving new feature development while continuously enhancing the existing platform.

Collaborating closely with architects, product stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, you will help shape the technical roadmap and ensure our systems remain scalable, reliable, and innovative.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership: Provide technical direction across the software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with internal standards and best practices.

Hands-On Coding: Contribute directly to the codebase and support sprint goals with high-quality engineering work.

Team Leadership & Coaching: Manage and mentor a small team of software engineers, fostering collaboration, growth, and engineering excellence.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Strong Software Development Background, with proven proficiency in Java and TypeScript.

Commercial AWS Experience, including solid understanding of core cloud services.

NoSQL Expertise, with hands-on experience in at least one NoSQL technology (Cassandra experience is a plus).

Search Technologies: Understanding of search indexing and practical exposure to at least one search platform (Solr experience beneficial).

CI/CD Proficiency: Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, automation best practices, and modern CI/CD tooling.

Scalable System Design: Experience designing, building, and maintaining highly available, scalable systems.

API Design: Familiarity with best practices for REST and GraphQL API design.

Education & Experience

Experience working with complex, mission-critical systems.

Previous experience in a SaaS environment is a plus.

Lead Software Engineer (Java / Typescript)

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