Lead Engineer

Build Circle; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Build Circle is seeking a Lead Technology Consultant to drive delivery outcomes for client engagements in London. You’ll be technically hands-on across backend (.NET/Java), frontend (JS/TS), and the delivery pipeline, while guiding a cross-functional team.

You’ll alternate between remote work and on-site collaboration, and be prepared to travel into London with short notice when required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong backend in .NET or Java with frontend capability in JS/TS.
• CI/CD, IaC and automated testing familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead technically and, in many cases, people leadership, owning delivery outcomes for client engagements.
• Set technical direction and ensure delivery quality end-to-end.
• Balance remote work with on-site collaboration and travel to client sites as needed.

Skills

Backend development

Frontend development

Delivery leadership

CI/CD

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Lead Technology Consultant — London (Perm)

What you'll be doing

You'll lead technically and, in most cases, lead people too — owning delivery outcomes for a client engagement and setting technical direction. You're expected to be full stack in practice: comfortable owning a backend built in a strongly typed language, equally comfortable in the front end, and hands on with the infrastructure and delivery pipeline underneath it all.

Most of your week will be spent working alongside client teams ,sometimes fully remote, sometimes on site. You'll need to be able to get into London on short notice when a client needs it, so anywhere up to around two hours out is fine.

What we're looking for

• A strongly typed backend language — .NET or Java — paired with genuine front-end capability across JS/Node/TypeScript.
• Ownership of the full delivery pipeline: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent), testing built in as standard.
• Leadership experience — ideally a couple of stints at lead level owning a cross-functional team and its outcomes. If you're a staff engineer who's owned the technical direction without formally managing people.

for more information please get in touch.