Engineering Lead: Tech Leadership & Delivery

The Benefact Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension - up to 12%

Generous annual bonus scheme: on‑type?

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private healthcare and wellbeing

Charitable giving and volunteering

Study support for professional quals

Job summary

Benefact Group is seeking an Engineering Lead for our Gloucester office to balance hands-on work with technical leadership and people management. You will set direction, coach engineers, and ensure secure, scalable platforms that meet business outcomes.

You’ll work with Product, Architecture, Quality Engineering and delivery leadership to align execution with strategy while contributing to complex engineering tasks.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering expertise and modern programming practices.
• Experience designing and delivering complex technical solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of secure coding, architecture, and governance.
• Fluent in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and communicate with non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering, driving design, code quality and delivery planning.
• Define and govern engineering strategy, architecture, and best practices for secure, scalable solutions.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams, supporting recruitment and performance management.
• Oversee delivery excellence, platform reliability, and collaboration with product and QA.
• Manage stakeholders and third-party partners with clear governance and safety standards.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Secure coding

DevOps & CI/CD

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure

.NET

Job description

Benefact Group is seeking an Engineering Lead for our Gloucester office to balance hands-on work with technical leadership and people management. You will set direction, coach engineers, and ensure secure, scalable platforms that meet business outcomes.

You’ll work with Product, Architecture, Quality Engineering and delivery leadership to align execution with strategy while contributing to complex engineering tasks.