Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer   Up to £90,000 per annum plus bonus  Milton Keynes (Twice a week on site) VIQU have partnered with a growing SaaS organisation who are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping technical direction of the product whilst leading a team of five software engineers. The is very much a player coach role (30% management, 70% architecture/coding), and 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: Background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture. A track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers. Cloud experience with AWS (Lambda, S3, SNS, API Gateway, and event-driven architecture).  Experience with React/ Angular.  Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test driven development).  Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Previously implemented AI driven coding efficiencies within teams.  Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications. Hands on experience with serverless cloud architecture would be a nice to have.  Duties of the Lead Software Engineer Lead 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. 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