Lead Full Stack Engineer

Location: Manchester (Hybrid – Travel to client sites across the UK as required)

The Opportunity

A leading global technology consultancy is looking to hire experienced Lead Software Engineers to join its growing Software & Platform Engineering practice. Working with clients ranging from fast-growing scale-ups to some of the world's largest enterprise organisations, you'll help design, build and deliver modern cloud-native applications used by millions of users.

This is an opportunity to work across a variety of industries while combining hands-on software engineering with technical leadership. You'll play a key role in shaping engineering best practices, mentoring developers, and delivering high-quality software solutions using modern technologies and cloud platforms.

The Role

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of modern software solutions while remaining hands-on throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams, you'll help clients build scalable, secure and high-performing digital products while promoting engineering excellence and modern development practices.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build and deliver modern software applications across frontend, backend or full-stack environments.
Lead engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentoring and code reviews.
Develop cloud-native applications using modern engineering practices.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated software delivery.
Implement Infrastructure as Code to support scalable cloud deployments.
Ensure applications meet high standards for security, performance, accessibility and maintainability.
Collaborate closely with architects, product owners and client stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Contribute to engineering communities, technical innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for engineers with commercial experience across several of the following technologies:

Java
Python
C#
TypeScript
Go
React
Angular
Vue.js

Alongside experience with

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI or ArgoCD
Software security, application performance and scalability
Technical leadership and mentoring software engineering teams

What's on Offer

Annual Bonus
Private Medical Insurance
25 Days Holiday
Additional Volunteering Leave
Pension
Access to Industry-Leading Technologies
Hybrid Working

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer looking to step into a Lead position within one of the world's leading technology consultancies, delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes for enterprise clients while continuing to develop both technically and professionally.

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