Lead Software Engineer

Fenny Stratford
1 week ago
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The role: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum

Location: Milton Keynes (twice a week on site)

VIQU IT have partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation who are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping technical direction of the products, and lead a team of five software engineers.

The role will involve hands on technical leadership, running architecture reviews, managing and mentoring engineers and ensuring projects are delivered successfully.

It is an opportunity to shape engineering standards at a company at a pivotal point in their growth, having an influence over the technical strategy whilst remaining hands on.

Experience required:

Strong background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture.
A track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers.

AWS experience  including; IAM, Lambda, API Gateway and event-driven architectures in AWS environments.
Experience with Angular front end framework, REST APIs and Web API development.
Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test driven development). SpecFlow for Behaviour-Driven Development and Postman for API testing.

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications.
Strong SQL Server skills and experience with databases.
Duties of the Software Engineer

Leading a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.  
Conducting code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality, and maintainability whilst remaining hands on in the code.
Embedding robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and driving automation across regression suites
Design and architect solutions using CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and event-driven architecture patterns
Working within AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, event-based services)
Exploring and introducing AI related efficiencies.
The role: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum

Location: Milton Keynes (twice a week on site)

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Jack McManus via the (url removed)

Do you know someone great? We’ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment

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