Engineering Tech Lead - Architect, Mentor & Deliver

Softcat plc; Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Marlow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Holiday

Trips

Vouchers

Partner/family Benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption

Job summary

Softcat plc is actively expanding its Internal Technology Team in the UK, seeking an Engineering Technical Lead to raise the squad's capability and mentor junior engineers. You will help the team break down work, remove blockers, and deliver high-quality software in a collaborative, Agile environment.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, production-grade code, and a strong focus on engineering excellence as Softcat continues its technology transformation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience, operating at Senior Engineer or Technical Lead level.
• Strong commercial experience with .NET Core, C#, and SQL.
• Proven ability to design and reason about distributed systems and modern application architectures.
• Comfortable working in Agile / squad-based environments, influencing delivery without formal authority.
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS) and version control (Git).

Responsibilities

• Help us to build standards and drive a whole team approach to quality
• Lead from the codebase: contributing high-quality production code, refactoring where necessary, and solving complex technical problems
• Set technical direction through architectural decisions, patterns, and pragmatic trade-offs
• Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, and design discussions—focused on engineering excellence, not performance management

Skills

.NET Core

C#

SQL

Distributed systems

Azure

AWS

Git

Agile

Senior engineer

Tools

.NET Core

Job description

Softcat plc is actively expanding its Internal Technology Team in the UK, seeking an Engineering Technical Lead to raise the squad's capability and mentor junior engineers. You will help the team break down work, remove blockers, and deliver high-quality software in a collaborative, Agile environment.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, production-grade code, and a strong focus on engineering excellence as Softcat continues its technology transformation.