Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer - Product Lead Technologist London | Hybrid -2 days a week in the office I'm working with an innovative division of a major consultancy that's continuing to grow its engineering team. You'll join a 180-strong engineering function working at the intersection of AI and professional services one of the industries set to be significantly transformed by generative AI.

The platform is already used by 2,500+ tax and legal professionals and thousands of clients, supporting everything from routine automated advice to complex, high-stakes decision-making. The culture combines the pace and autonomy of a startup with the scale and backing of a global organisation: small, autonomous squads, rapid iteration and genuine ownership.

The Role

We're looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to lead a squad of software and QA engineers building products used by professionals and clients. You'll work closely with a Product Owner who owns prioritisation, giving you the space to focus on technical leadership, engineering excellence and building great solutions.

The role also includes line management for around four developers, alongside plenty of hands-on engineering. What You'll Bring: Experience designing, specifying and building software end to end The ability to articulate how generative AI can address challenges across document management, workflow automation and knowledge management A strong track record of leading, mentoring and developing engineers Strong experience with a modern object-oriented language, ideally C# or Java Deep understanding of software design patterns, clean code and clean architecture Experience building REST APIs and working with messaging systems Confidence defining data models and working with databases Experience delivering user-facing web applications A collaborative Agile mindset and a genuine passion for engineering best practice What You'll Be Doing Working within a lean Agile team using a scaled Scrum framework Building backend services with C# / ASP.NET Core Contributing to frontend applications using TypeScript/React, ASP.NET MVC or Blazor Developing cloud-first applications with strong unit test coverage, continuous delivery and 100% infrastructure-as-code Containerising and deploying applications through Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Working with Entity Framework Code First against Azure SQL and NoSQL databases Designing resilient microservices integrated through a cloud message bus Maintaining high standards around secure coding and infrastructure Continuously developing your own technical skills and sharing knowledge across the team Building reusable components and platforms...

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