Lead Engineer

Description:

Lead Engineer

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh

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We have an exciting role for you Lead Engineer !

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

A Lead Engineer is a senior technical professional who combines hands-on engineering work with technical leadership. They guide design decisions, mentor engineers, ensure quality delivery, and act as a bridge between engineering teams and stakeholders.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead a Feature Team delivering features on our flagship products.
• Implementing software engineering best practices to deliver exciting and innovative software within the API team.
• Develop solutions that support a consistent approach for delivering our technical strategy.
• Collaborate using Agile frameworks methodologies, to optimise team development process and give rapid feedback working iteratively.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

Hard Skills:

• Detailed knowledge and experience of Software engineering and processes, to be able to confidently design and implement solutions.
• In depth knowledge of developing and managing API solutions, including REST and microservices.
• Exposure to an API Management Platform would be a bonus (eg: ApigeeX, API Connect or similar).
• Knowledge of Cyber security and techniques to build secure and robust solutions.
• Cloud technologies and infrastructure are essential you will have exposure on at least one of the 3 main cloud providers Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are also essential.
• Engineering leadership
• Stakeholder management

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong understanding of business requirements and the ability to translate them into effective data architectures.
• Aligning data solutions with overall business goals.