Engineering Lead

Currys plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Currys plc is seeking an Engineering Lead to own engineering standards, quality and delivery assurance across a multi-partner landscape in a hands-on leadership role. The role covers full stack from .Net middleware and Azure to frontend and downstream systems, shaping governance and internal capability.

You will lead by doing, conduct code reviews, and set engineering principles for Integration Services. Ensure resilience, observability and CI/CD are embedded from day one while engaging senior

Qualifications

• 5+ years at senior engineering level, multi-team/multi-partner environment.
• Hands-on with .Net and Azure; full stack capability preferred.
• Proven ability designing, governing integration services and APIs.
• Experience building resilient, production-grade systems.
• Observability approach embedded in design and CI/CD practices.
• SDLC knowledge: CI/CD, pipelines, branching, environment management, release governance (Azure DevOps).
• Experience managing external delivery partners and building engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Own and enforce engineering standards across partners and internal teams; code quality, patterns, security, maintainability.
• Conduct and lead code reviews; provide actionable feedback.
• Define engineering principles for Integration Services and ensure consistent application.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

.Net & Azure

Full stack

Integration services & APIs

Observability

CI/CD & Azure DevOps

Partner management

Team building & recruitment

Retail / ecommerce domain

Regulated environments

Job description

Engineering Lead
Waterloo - Hybrid Working
Full Time
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Grade 5
At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

We are looking for a technically experienced Engineering Lead to join our Engineering function and take ownership of engineering quality, standards and delivery assurance across a complex, multi-partner landscape.
This is a hands-on leadership role. The Engineering Lead will be equally comfortable presenting technical risk to senior stakeholders and conducting code reviews with delivery teams. The split is intentional - we need someone who leads by doing, not just directing.

The role sits at the centre of how we build and govern integration at Currys, covering the full stack from .Net middleware and Azure infrastructure through to frontend and downstream system connectivity. You will set the engineering bar, hold partners to it, and begin building the internal engineering capability that will carry this function forward.

This role will suit a senior engineer who has built and governed high-volume, resilient systems - ideally in retail or ecommerce - and who knows from experience what production-grade engineering looks like. Someone who designs for failure, builds in observability from day one, and treats CI/CD as a discipline.

Role overview:

• Own and enforce engineering standards across all delivery partners and internal teams - covering code quality, patterns, security, and maintainability.
• Conduct and lead code reviews; provide clear, actionable feedback.
• Define and document engineering principles for Integration Services, ensuring they are understood and applied consistently.

Integration Design & Technical Assurance

• Provide technical assurance across integration design and implementation - ensuring services are robust and well-documented.
• Review and challenge integration approaches across .Net middleware, Azure services, and connected downstream systems.
• Ensure that resilience, self-healing and scalability are designed in from the start.

CI/CD, Pipelines & Release Governance

• Own the engineering approach to CI/CD.
• Define and implement pipeline standards, branching strategy, and environment management across the function.
• Drive maturity across release governance - ensure release processes are repeatable, low-risk and well-understood by all partners.
• Conduct technical audits across delivery partners; produce actionable findings and hold partners to agreed improvement plans.

Partner Governance & Internal Capability Building

• Work closely with external delivery partners to set clear engineering expectations, assure their output, and manage performance against agreed standards.
• In parallel, recruit, nurture and develop a small Engineering team - building an in-house capability that reduces partner dependency over time.
• Challenge where quality or approach falls short; escalate clearly and quickly when issues put delivery at risk.

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Translation

• Represent engineering at programme and senior stakeholder level - translating technical complexity into clear, actionable language.
• Collaborate and socialise engineering direction across teams.
• Bridge the gap between business intent and engineering execution; challenge requirements where technical feasibility or risk warrants it.
• Apply pragmatic, MVP thinking to service-based delivery - defining what good enough looks like.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of Senior Engineering experience, including time operating at Engineering Lead level in a multi-team or multi-partner environment.
• Hands-on expertise in .Net and Azure. Full stack capability is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience designing, building and governing integration services and APIs - this is the core of the role.
• Demonstrable experience building resilient, scalable, production-grade applications.
• Monitoring and alerting built in from the start, not added later - candidates must be able to articulate their approach to observability as part of design, not an afterthought.
• Strong SDLC knowledge: CI/CD implementation and improvement, pipeline ownership, branching strategy, environment management and release governance using Azure DevOps.
• Demonstrable ability to work with and hold external delivery partners to account.
• Experience recruiting and developing engineering talent; able to build a team as well as lead one.
• Experience in retail, ecommerce or a high-volume consumer-facing environment.
• Familiarity with regulated or financially sensitive integration environments.
• Prior experience operating in large transformation programmes alongside multiple third-party delivery partners.

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.