Lead Software Development Engineer

Description:

We are expanding across multiple engineering teams in our Nottingham office. As a Lead Software Development Engineer, you won’t just be a "cog in the machine." You will technically guide cross-functional teams, influence technical strategy, and own the end-to-end delivery of high-impact products.

As you move forward, we’ll help you find your place among the teams tackling our most critical challenges. We don’t just offer roles; we map your expertise to where it will make the greatest impact.

What You’ll Do

• Architect & Build: Take end-to-end responsibility for technical design and implementation of significant services and applications.
• Lead & Mentor: Guide a team of engineers (not as a people leader), fostering a culture of technical excellence through Pair Programming, TDD, and BDD.
• Innovate at Scale: Collaborate with architects and product owners to design secure, cloud-native architectures (AWS) that perform under global demand.
• Community Contribution: Help set the standard for "what good looks like" by contributing to inner-sourcing and standardized best practices across our entire engineering community.

What We’re Looking For We Hire For Engineering Fundamentals, Not Just a Specific List Of Keywords. If You Have The Following, We’d Love To Talk
 

• Technical Leadership: You’ve led teams or squads through complex, ambiguous projects.
• Agnostic Excellence: You have exceptional programming skills in modern OO languages. While we use a lot of Java, we value engineers who understand SOLID principles, SOA, and REST regardless of their primary language.
• Cloud Fluency: Experience building and deploying in cloud environments.
• Collaborators: You thrive in an environment where you can communicate complex ideas simply and work across different teams to reduce waste and maximize impact.
• Visionary Innovator: You are excited by the opportunity AI offers to innovate how we deliver software