Lead Software Engineer
Milton Keynes
Role: Lead Software Engineer Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid – Once a Month On-Site) Salary: £60,000 – £67,000 Network IT are partnering with a large, service-focused organisation undergoing significant modernisation across its digital and engineering landscape. We’re seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to drive technical excellence, shape modern engineering practices, and provide end-to-end leadership across complex software and systems delivery. This role is ideal for a proven technical leader who enjoys balancing architecture, hands-on engineering, mentoring, and driving continuous improvement. You’ll help define the technical roadmap, uplift engineering standards, and support the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing applications across cloud and on-prem environments. Role Overview & Responsibilities As a Lead Engineer, you’ll take technical ownership of products and platforms, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver robust, secure, and scalable solutions. Key responsibilities include: - Leading day-to-day performance, motivation, and objectives for engineering teams. - Mentoring and developing engineers, supporting skills growth and professional development. - Driving engineering best practice across DevOps, agile delivery, tooling, automation, testing, and CI/CD. - Designing and architecting complex systems, ensuring scalable, cost-effective, and maintainable solutions. - Owning local architecture decisions, collaborating closely with solution architects and product leads. - Overseeing full lifecycle delivery including design, development, integration, configuration, and testing. - Leading data modelling and database design in partnership with data architects. - Managing supplier relationships and contributing to effective resource allocation. - Promoting DevOps culture, automation, observability, and practical application of AI where beneficial. - Supporting continuous improvement and the uplift of engineering standards across the wider organisation. Essential Skills & Experience To succeed in this role, you will bring: - Expertise in systems architecture, distributed systems, microservices, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and API-led design. - Proven background in software engineering, including coding, debugging, reviews, and modern development practices. - Strong technical leadership experience across software and systems engineering. - Excellent people management and mentoring skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders. - Deep understanding of testing approaches including TDD, automated testing, and non-functional testing. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, infrastructure-as-code, and automation. - Strong data and database design skills. - Familiarity with modern digital architectures (e.g., MACH – Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless). |  |  |  |
Recruiter: Network IT
Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 Per Annum
Reference: DC-22