🚀 Lead Software Engineer (Azure / Node.js) – Contract
Start: ASAP
End date: October 2026
Band: 3
Location: Remote – (Just up to 2 days per month on-site in Nottingham)
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to own the technical delivery of cloud-native, event-driven solutions within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, guiding a team of engineers while ensuring high standards of quality, security, and architectural best practice.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys leading by example and driving technical excellence across enterprise-scale platforms.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the design and development of cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage and Azure Service Bus
* Provide hands-on development using Node.js and TypeScript, delivering high-quality, scalable and maintainable code
* Own the technical architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
* Lead and be accountable for the team’s technical delivery, quality and timelines
* Mentor and support engineers through a structured knowledge-sharing and best-practice approach
* Conduct code reviews and enforce quality gates and engineering standards
* Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps and client stakeholders
* Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, observable and cost-optimised
* Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes
* Travel to Nottingham client site up to 2 days per month
1. Essential Skills & Experience
* Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (Functions, Storage – Blob/Table/Queue, Service Bus)
* Advanced proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
* Proven experience building event-driven and serverless architectures
* Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and integration patterns
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
* Secure coding and cloud security principles
* Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
* Strong Git-based version control and collaborative workflows
* Proven experience leading engineering teams on enterprise-level projects
2. Desirable Experience
* Microsoft Dataverse
* Microsoft Power Platform
* Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)
* Azure monitoring and observability tools (Application Insights, Azure Monitor)
* Agile / Scrum delivery environments