AI-First Engineering Team Lead

StarCompliance; Leeds; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

StarCompliance is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to lead an engineering team responsible for key components of the Enterprise SaaS platform. You will drive technical direction, end-to-end delivery, and the AI-first, agentic development transition.

You will own the full lifecycle of software and services within your domain, from design through deployment, operation, and continuous improvement, while maintaining strong technical depth to guide decisions and support complex work.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience within regulated SaaS or financial-services technology.
• Significant software engineering leadership and delivery responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of systems and services within the team’s domain.
• Lead design decisions and ensure alignment with StarCompliance architecture and standards.
• Drive modernisation, tackle technical debt, and ensure scalable, secure delivery.

Skills

C#

.NET

APIs

Microservices

React

TypeScript

SQL Server

Azure

CI/CD

Observability

AI-assisted engineering

Agentic development

Leadership

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

StarCompliance is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to lead an engineering team responsible for key components of the Enterprise SaaS platform. You will drive technical direction, end-to-end delivery, and the AI-first, agentic development transition.

You will own the full lifecycle of software and services within your domain, from design through deployment, operation, and continuous improvement, while maintaining strong technical depth to guide decisions and support complex work.