Engineering Lead - Integration

Virgin Active & KAUAI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

The Peoples Pension 3% contributions

Complimentary Virgin Active membership

Job summary

Virgin Active is seeking an Engineering Lead - Integration to join the Digital & Technology Transformation Team. You will lead the backend, API and integration delivery, designing and developing C#/.NET solutions in Azure while guiding engineers and setting standards.

This permanent, full-time role requires hands-on leadership, collaboration with product and QA teams, and a focus on reliability, security and observability.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET and Azure.
• Experience building backend services, RESTful APIs and integration solutions.
• Knowledge of API-led, event-driven and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience designing scalable solutions across internal and third-party systems.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of backend services, APIs and integrations.
• Own complex initiatives from design through deployment.
• Design and develop C# and .NET solutions within Azure.
• Set engineering standards and lead code/architecture reviews.
• Guide engineers through complex technical challenges.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Data and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Improve system reliability, security, performance and observability.
• Lead incident resolution and reduce technical debt.
• Identify risks and delivery challenges, coordinating mitigations.

Skills

C# & .NET

Azure

Backend APIs

Technical leadership

CI/CD & DevOps

Stakeholder management

API integration patterns

Testing & observability

Tools

Azure Service Bus

Logic Apps

Functions

Event Grid

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Job description

As we evolve into Social Wellness Clubs, we are creating spaces and experiences that support every aspect of our members’ physical, mental, nutritional and social wellbeing. By bringing together expert guidance, genuine community, personalised experiences and innovative technology, we make wellness feel accessible, welcoming and easy to navigate. Virgin Active is committed to recruiting the finest people who share our passion for creating exceptional experiences and delivering world-class service every day.We are looking for an Engineering Lead - Integration to join our Digital & Technology Transformation Team.

Role Type: Permanent - Full Time

Hours: 40

Technology is central to this evolution. We are transforming our digital platforms and building globally scalable solutions across our mobile applications, internal platforms and third-party services.

You will provide technical leadership across the backend services, APIs and integrations that power our digital ecosystem. Combining hands‑on engineering with technical guidance, you will lead complex delivery, support other engineers and help ensure we build secure, reliable and scalable solution

The Role

• Lead the technical delivery of backend services, APIs and integrations.
• Own complex initiatives from design through to deployment.
• Design and develop C# and .NET solutions within Azure.
• Set engineering standards and lead code and architecture reviews.
• Guide engineers through complex technical challenges.
• Work with Product, QA, Data and frontend teams to deliver solutions end to end.
• Improve system reliability, security, performance and observability.
• Lead incident resolution and help reduce technical debt.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Share knowledge and support strong engineering practices across the team.

Who We’re Looking For

• Significant software engineering experience, including technical leadership responsibilities.
• Strong hands‑on experience with C#, .NET and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience building backend services, RESTful APIs and integration solutions.
• Strong knowledge of API‑led, event‑driven and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience designing scalable solutions across internal and third‑party systems.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading technical delivery and supporting other engineers.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience with Azure Service Bus, Logic Apps, Functions, Event Grid, Kafka or RabbitMQ would be advantageous.

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to be part of a brand redefining the future of wellness
• A premium environment with industry-leading facilities
• Development and progression opportunities aligned to your level
• Access to a vibrant, engaged member community
• The platform to build your career, reputation and impact

Our Perks

• 25 days (excluding bank holidays) annual leave, plus a Celebration Day – and we want you take them
• Access to The Peoples Pension, with our contributions at 3%
• Complimentary Virgin Active membership for you and a buddy. You can also get free membership for your children too, ability to take advantage of our Club V.
• Private Dental and Healthcare Insurance – your physical health is important, and we want you to have the access to healthcare should you require it.
• Life Assurance 4x your salary – which we hope you will not need.
• We want you to love Virgin Active like we do, so you get discounts across Virgin active – everything from guest passes to 50% offPTsessions.
• You will join Virgin Family - where not only can you communicate with your colleagues across Virgin Group, but also many discounts (including Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Holidays and Virgin Media/O2)
• Maintaining a healthy diet while at work can be hard, so we offer all our team members 20% off food and drink at our KAUAI branches located in clubs.
• Managing finances can be difficult, so we offer access to Salary Finance. They can support you with loans and savings plans, as well as help you become a personal finance expert.
• Mental health is a cornerstone of wellbeing. Our Health Heroes employer assistance programme is there when you need a helping hand with 6 free counselling sessions.
• We know finding a new home to rent can be stressful. We partner with Dexters who offer complimentary corporate letting services – meaning no tenant charges.
• Access to ePoints, offering loads of online discounts to retailers.