Lead Software Engineer — Real Estate Technology
Location: Sheffield (Hybrid Working)
Role Purpose
Take a hands-on leadership role within a small, high-performing engineering team in Real Estate
Technology. You'll drive technical delivery, actively write code, and champion continuous
improvement across a range of projects. Collaborate with central engineering communities to
embed best practices and enhance service management for global users. Experience in the banking
or real estate sector is not required— what matters is your technical expertise and ability to deliver
results.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead & Mentor: Guide and develop engineers, fostering accountability, teamwork, and
technical excellence.
2. Hands-On Delivery: Provide technical direction and actively contribute code to deliver
secure, scalable solutions.
3. Continuous Improvement: Promote modern engineering standards, agile practices, and
process enhancements.
4. Service Management: Strengthen operational reliability and user satisfaction through
improved incident, change, and problem management.
5. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, architects, and global
teams to deliver on technology roadmaps.
Experience & Skills
Essential
1. Proven experience leading technical teams in complex environments.
2. Strong coding skills and hands-on involvement in software delivery.
3. Solid understanding of cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering quality frameworks.
4. Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and non-technical teams.
5. Commitment to agile delivery and continuous improvement.
Desirable
1. Experience in real estate technology or similar domains.
2. Participation in engineering communities or centres of excellence.