Software Engineer Lead

Software Engineer Lead

Newark, Full time, Permanent

Salary up to £50,000 per annum.

Our award-winning client, based in Newark, Nottinghamshire is seeking a motivated leader who will plan succession and development for their team, alongside overseeing development projects and maintaining key systems. The Software Engineer Lead is a full time, permanent position with the opportunity for hybrid working.

The Role

As Software Engineer Lead, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting and leading the Development team with collaboration and growth


• Working on the development strategy


• Overseeing software development projects


• Implementing and enforcing best practices, coding standards and agile methodologies


• Ensuring innovation, continuous improvement and technical excellence


• Collaborating with stakeholders (this is inclusive of product management, operations and executive leadership)


• Upgrading and maintaining key systems

The Candidate

An ideal candidate for the Software Engineer Lead position should hold the following skills:

• At least 3 years proven experience in software development (including 1 year of leadership)


• Hold a strong technical background (software architecture, coding, system design)


• Be familiar with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices


• Have an understanding of cloud technologies, security principles and modern development tools


• Knowledge of BI tools, data warehousing and system infrastructure


• Proficient in API development using languages such as C# and .NET


• Be familiar with databases including SQL

You will have experience designing, developing and maintaining system integrations between applications, services and platforms.

A Software Engineer Lead candidate will ideally possess the following:

• Familiarity / experience with AI, machine learning or blockchain technologies


• Prior experience on MDM’s


• Knowledge of ServiceNow, Azure Dev Ops, Netsuite and Power BI

Following an initial training period, the successful Software Engineer Lead will have the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis.

The Company

• Paid volunteer day


• Onsite gym


• Ongoing learning and development


• Bonus paid day off for your birthday!


• Annual wellbeing budget


• Increasing annual leave


• Company sick pay

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and good luck with your application.

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