Anson McCade
Lead Software Engineer
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Lead Software Engineer
£Up to 75,000 GBP
Hybrid WORKING
Location: Manchester, North West - United Kingdom
Type: Permanent
Lead Software Engineer
Are you an experienced Software Engineer who enjoys building high-quality digital products while leading and mentoring engineering teams?
We're working with a leading global technology consultancy that delivers innovative software solutions across both public and private sectors. They're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join a growing engineering practice working on large-scale, modern software projects that make a real impact.
The Role
You'll play a key role in designing, developing and delivering cloud-native applications while providing technical leadership to engineering teams. This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll combine strong software engineering expertise with mentoring, coaching and driving engineering best practice.
Projects span a variety of industries, giving you exposure to new technologies, modern architectures and complex business challenges.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the design and development of modern software solutions
- Writing high-quality, maintainable and secure code
- Mentoring and developing engineers within your team
- Driving engineering best practices across performance, security, accessibility and maintainability
- Collaborating closely with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver successful outcomes
- Contributing to technical strategy, architecture and engineering communities
What They're Looking For
Experience in several of the following:
- Strong commercial experience with one or more of:
- Java
- C#
- Python
- Go
- TypeScript
- Frontend experience with frameworks such as:
- React
- Angular
- Vue
- Svelte
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK or Pulumi)
- CI/CD tooling including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI or ArgoCD
- Building secure, performant and scalable applications
- Previous experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers
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What's On Offer
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Private medical insurance
- 25 days annual leave plus additional volunteering days
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Access to cutting-edge technologies and large-scale transformation programmes
- Clear career progression opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements with a mix of office, home and client-site working
Security Requirements
Due to the nature of the projects, successful applicants must be eligible for BPSS and SC Security Clearance, requiring 5 years of continuous UK address history at the point of application.
If you're looking for an opportunity to lead talented engineering teams while working on exciting cloud-native software projects with a highly respected technology consultancy, I'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion.
Reference: AMC-FMU-LEP
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