Role Overview
Software Engineering Lead
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum
Location: Milton Keynes / Hybrid
VIQU have partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation hiring a Software Engineering Lead to play a key role in shaping the technical direction of the product while leading a team of five software engineers. This role is a player‑coach (30% management, 70% architecture and hands‑on coding).
Responsibilities
* Lead a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.
* Conduct code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality and maintainability while remaining hands‑on.
* Embed robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and drive automation across regression suites.
* Design and architect solutions using CQRS and event‑driven architecture patterns.
* Work within AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, event‑based services).
* Explore and introduce AI related efficiencies.
Qualifications & Experience
* Strong background in modern .NET/C# development and architecture.
* Track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams.
* Cloud experience across Azure & AWS.
* Experience with Angular framework, REST APIs and Web API development.
* Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test‑driven development). SpecFlow for Behavior‑Driven Development and Postman for API testing.
* Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
* Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications.
* Hands‑on experience with serverless cloud architecture is a nice to have.
Benefits & Referrals
Referral: up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply).
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