Engineering Lead - Longevity - Mansion House

Virgin Active; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

The Peoples Pension (3%)

Virgin Active membership for you and a

Friends and family discounts

Private Dental and Healthcare

Life Assurance 4x salary

Club discounts

Salary Finance access

Mental health support

Corporate letting services

ePoints discounts

Job summary

Virgin Active is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to steer the technical direction of our longevity proposition across mobile apps, backend services, and integrations. You will guide engineers, solve complex challenges, and ensure secure, scalable solutions within a collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes strong back-end and mobile experience, API design, and DevOps practices, with opportunities to influence platform architecture and scaling strategies across the wellness brand.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience with leadership roles.
• Experience leading engineers and setting technical direction across the full stack.
• Hands-on with mobile apps and backend services; strong API/integration focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction and delivery of the longevity proposition across mobile apps, backend services, APIs and integrations.
• Guide engineers to build secure, reliable and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to align on architecture, testing, and DevOps practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Full-stack development

C#/.NET

Azure

APIs & Integrations

Kotlin Multiplatform

CI/CD

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Technology is central to our evolution. We are building globally scalable digital products that help our members understand their health, make informed choices and achieve lasting progress. You will lead the technical direction and delivery of our longevity proposition across our mobile app, backend services, APIs and integrations. This is a hands‑on role where you will solve complex technical challenges, guide engineers and ensure we build secure, reliable and scalable solutions.

Significant software engineering experience, including experience as a Technical Lead or Engineering Lead. Experience leading engineers and setting technical direction across the full stack. Strong hands‑on experience with mobile applications and backend services. Backend development experience using C# and .NET, ideally within Microsoft Azure. Strong knowledge of APIs, integrations and scalable system architecture. Experience integrating mobile applications with backend and third‑party services. Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and DevOps practices. A collaborative approach with strong problem‑solving and communication skills. Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform, Azure integration services or scaling engineering teams and codebases would be advantageous.

• 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% off PT sessions.
• 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.