Internal Technology Team
Softcat is an amazing success story and as part of our continued growth we are investing significantly more in a new technology strategy going forward. Softcat's internal Technology Team is undergoing an exciting transformation that aims to provide greater opportunities for our people's professional development and prepare us to execute our more ambitious technology strategy effectively.
About Softcat
As one of the UK’s leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company, we have built a reputation for excellence. Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty over the years. This trust and loyalty, combined with our market leading growth and performance, enables us to invest in our technology and services capabilities.
Engineering Technical Lead
The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for raising the capability of the whole squad, particularly by supporting and developing junior engineers. You will be responsible for ensuring that the team can deliver effectively, by helping the team break down work, remove blockers, and deliver consistently.
Key Responsibilities
* Help us to build standards and drive a whole team approach to quality.
* Lead from the codebase: contributing high‑quality production code, refactoring where necessary, and solving complex technical problems.
* Set technical direction through architectural decisions, patterns, and pragmatic trade‑offs.
* Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, and design discussions—focused on engineering excellence, not performance management.
Please see the job description for further responsibilities.
Desired Qualifications
* 7+ years of hands‑on software development experience, operating at Senior Engineer or Technical Lead level.
* Strong commercial experience with .NET Core, C#, and SQL.
* Proven ability to design and reason about distributed systems and modern application architectures.
* Comfortable working in Agile/squad‑based environments, influencing delivery without formal authority.
* Solid experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS) and version control (Git).
Work Arrangements
In this role we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working.
* Flexible hours – flexing the times you start and finish during the day.
* Flexibility around school pick‑up and drop‑offs.
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of meeting fantastic talent, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
EEO Statement
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/.
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture‑driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
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