Lead Engineer: AI-Driven Tech Leader

Mortgage Advice Bureau; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Hybrid working

Pension matching

Learning & Development

Job summary

Mortgage Advice Bureau is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to guide a cross‑functional squad and shape the future of AI‑assisted development. You will balance hands‑on engineering with people leadership in a hybrid Derby‑based role, delivering secure, scalable software while mentoring engineers.

Working with Developers, Product Owners and stakeholders, you will drive technical direction, governance and continuous improvement, ensuring quality and agility across the team.

Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise in C# and .NET Core
• Strong experience with Angular
• Experience designing and developing solutions using PostgreSQL
• Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools
• Ability to write clear, structured and testable technical specifications
• Strong code review skills and ability to make informed technical decisions
• Experience leading technical initiatives and driving engineering improvements
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills
• Scrum Master certifications welcomed but not essential

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across your squad.
• Lead the design and development of scalable, secure and maintainable software solutions.
• Ensure high standards of code quality, testing, security and engineering best practice.
• Manage technical debt and drive long‑term platform improvements.
• Review and approve complex technical changes across multiple systems and repositories.
• Support the adoption and evolution of AI-assisted and agentic software engineering within the squad.
• Ensure requirements and specifications are clear, testable and ready for delivery.
• Act as key decision-maker during the development lifecycle with governance.
• Promote robust validation, testing and security standards across development activities.
• Ensure engineering practices align with security and data governance requirements.
• Line manage and support developers within the squad.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews and development conversations.
• Coach, mentor and support career growth across the team.
• Foster collaborative, inclusive and high-performing engineering culture.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and remove blockers to maintain momentum.
• Monitor delivery metrics and use data for continuous improvement.
• Support Product Owners with backlog management and prioritisation.
• Champion Agile ways of working and continual learning

Skills

C# & .NET Core

Angular

PostgreSQL

Docker

AI-assisted development

Agile / Scrum

Leadership / Coaching

Technical strategy

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud technologies

Job description

Mortgage Advice Bureau is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to guide a cross‑functional squad and shape the future of AI‑assisted development. You will balance hands‑on engineering with people leadership in a hybrid Derby‑based role, delivering secure, scalable software while mentoring engineers.

Working with Developers, Product Owners and stakeholders, you will drive technical direction, governance and continuous improvement, ensuring quality and agility across the team.