Lead Developer

Manchester / North West - Hybrid

Salary up to £85,000

We're working with a growing organisation that is undertaking a major engineering transformation and is looking for a hands-on Lead Developer to help shape its technical future. This is a key leadership role, combining software engineering, architecture, mentoring and technical strategy as the business modernises its platform and adopts a more services-based approach.

You'll provide technical direction, lead architectural decisions, drive engineering best practices and support the development of a talented engineering team. This Lead Developer role will suit someone who enjoys staying close to the code while influencing wider technology decisions and business outcomes.

As their Lead Developer, you'll:

  • Provide technical leadership across the engineering function, helping to shape architecture, standards and best practices.
  • Remain hands-on with development, contributing to code and supporting the delivery of complex technical solutions.
  • Lead the ongoing transition from a legacy monolithic platform to a modern services-based architecture.
  • Drive engineering excellence through automated testing, CI/CD and quality-led development practices.
  • Mentor and coach developers, helping to raise technical capability across the team.
  • Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to ensure technical decisions align with commercial objectives.
  • Improve platform performance, scalability, reliability and operational visibility.
  • Support the adoption of AI-driven engineering practices to enhance productivity and delivery outcomes.
  • Identify and remove technical and delivery bottlenecks, enabling teams to deliver more effectively.
  • Take ownership of improvements and high-quality software delivery.

Key Technical Requirements:

  • Strong C# / .NET development experience
  • Microsoft Azure and cloud-native development (AWS or GCP is also relevant)
  • Exposure to AI-enabled engineering practices
  • Distributed or services-based architectures
  • CI/CD and modern DevOps engineering practices is highly desirable
  • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and deployment capabilities
  • Apply test-driven development to improve development and maintaining code
  • Technical leadership and mentoring experience is a must
  • Experience improving engineering standards, quality and delivery

Salary up to 85K, Hybrid working (Manchester City Centre office visits couple days a week), ownership of technical direction and play a major role in shaping architecture

*Please note that travel to their Lytham head office will be required around 4 times a month*

If this sounds like the right role for you, apply today!