Lead Software Engineer Location Belfast (Hybrid) Type Permanent Compensation ( Market Leading salary, pension and shares ) About the company A fast-scaling Northern Ireland success story continues to hire right through 2025. The team prides itself on solving complex problems with elegant technology, and they are now looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join their journey. The opportunity This is a leadership role where you will be hands-on with architecture and delivery, while guiding a talented engineering team. You will influence technical strategy, shape product direction, and build software that is deployed globally. What you'll do Lead a distributed engineering team, setting standards for delivery and code quality Drive technical design and architecture decisions across services and platforms Build and scale back-end services in Node and Python Design and optimise data models across PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch Deliver infrastructure and DevOps improvements across AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub CI/CD, GitLab CI, Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch Collaborate with product and design to deliver features that matter Champion testing and quality with TDD, BDD, unit, and integration testing Mentor engineers, provide coaching, and grow team capability The stack you'll work with Backend : Node.js, Typescript, Python Frontend : React, Redux, Svelte, HTML, CSS Data : RDBMS, Snowflake, NoSQL, Elastic, Redis DevOps : AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins) Monitoring : Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch What you bring Proven leadership as a Senior or Lead Engineer in product-led organisations Strong backend engineering skills across multiple languages and frameworks Experience with cloud-native platforms and containerised deployments Track record of delivering high-scale, data-intensive applications Ability to balance hands-on coding with mentoring and team leadership A collaborative mindset and passion for building great software Nice to have Experience with open-source product development Payments, licensing, or SaaS domain expertise Background in security, DevOps, or data engineering What's on offer The chance to lead engineering in a fast-growing tech company Hybrid working with flexibility and autonomy Career progression into architecture or broader leadership A collaborative culture with modern tooling and continuous delivery Ocho have placed numerous Senior and Staff Engineers with this client, we have excellent testimonials available for your review. For more information, connect with Ryan Quinn on LinkedIn to discuss further. Skills: Python AWS React. Node Java Datadog Benefits: pension options