🚀 We’re Hiring: Lead Developer - YDS Group (Yorkshire Dental Suite & Smile White)
📍 Leeds, UK (Office-Based)
💷 £70k DOE
🕒 Full-time
YDS Group, home to Yorkshire Dental Suite and Smile White is expanding fast, and we’re looking for a visionary Lead Developer to help shape the future of dental technology, automation, and AI-powered patient experience.
If you’re excited by innovation, love solving complex problems, and want to build products that directly impact thousands of patients- this is your role.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
Leading the development of scalable backend systems and modern frontend applications
Setting engineering standards, architecture, and best practices across teams
Collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, QA, and data
Mentoring and growing a strong team of engineers
Ensuring performance, security, and maintainability across platforms
Driving CI/CD, automated testing, and modern workflows
Making strategic technical decisions and evaluating new tools/technologies
🎯 What We’re Looking For
Strong backend skills: Python, FastAPI
Frontend expertise: Next.js, React, TypeScript
Solid understanding of MySQL/Postgres, REST/GraphQL APIs, data pipelines
Leadership or senior engineering experience (mentoring, code review, ownership)
Cloud experience (AWS preferred) and building scalable systems
Excellent communication and architectural decision-making skills
⭐ Bonus Points
QA/testing frameworks
BI, analytics, AI/ML exposure
🚨 If you’re ready to:
Build industry-leading tech, drive AI innovation, mentor engineers, and influence the direction of a rapidly growing healthcare group…
📩 Apply now or message us for more details.
Let’s build the future of dental care together. 🦷✨