Engineering Lead: OpenSearch & Search Systems

Lever, Inc.; Manchester, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Hybrid working

Learning allowances

Staff discounts

Job summary

Moonpig Group in the UK is seeking an Engineering Lead for Search, based in Manchester or London with hybrid work (1–2 days in the office). You’ll split time between coding (50–75%) and guiding the team on OpenSearch‑driven features, architecture and delivery.

You’ll mentor engineers, partner with Product, Design and Data Science, and help shape the Search roadmap while maintaining technical excellence and delivery velocity.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on software engineering with OpenSearch or comparable search engines.
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering end-to-end projects.
• Ability to balance hands-on coding with strategic leadership and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, high-quality code and lead delivery of Search initiatives.
• Own the backend integration with OpenSearch and related services.
• Build scalable infrastructure using AWS and Terraform.
• Collaborate across Product, Design and Data Science to shape roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

OpenSearch

C# / .NET

AWS

React

TypeScript

GraphQL

Terraform

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

GitHub CI/CD

AWS Serverless

OpenSearch tooling

Job description

Moonpig Group in the UK is seeking an Engineering Lead for Search, based in Manchester or London with hybrid work (1–2 days in the office). You’ll split time between coding (50–75%) and guiding the team on OpenSearch‑driven features, architecture and delivery.

You’ll mentor engineers, partner with Product, Design and Data Science, and help shape the Search roadmap while maintaining technical excellence and delivery velocity.