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.