Lead Engineer (Python)

MCS Group; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Belfast is seeking a Tech Lead to guide technical design and delivery while leading agile teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong engineering background with hands-on experience in software development and be passionate about quality and scalability. This hybrid role offers opportunities for personal and professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a tech lead or in similar leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience in software development and technical design.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of core domains in software development.
• Lead small agile teams to build critical infrastructure.
• Steer technical design and delivery processes.

Skills

Strong engineering background

Solid software design principles

TDD and automated testing expertise

Experience with CI/CD

Quality, performance, scalability focus

Leadership or mentoring experience

Job description

Overview

Lead Engineer | Belfast (Hybrid) | Python / AWS

Are you a passionate engineer ready to step into a technical leadership role? We're partnering with a mission-driven company undergoing rapid growth as they transition from consultancy to fully in-house engineering. They're now hiring two hands-on Tech Leads to shape the next phase of their platform and lead small, agile teams building critical infrastructure software.

The Opportunity

As a Tech Lead, you'll take ownership of a core domain and help steer both technical design and delivery. You'll be supported to grow into people leadership (if you choose), while remaining deeply hands-on. Whether your background is in hardware integration or high-performance trading systems, there's a space here to lead impactful work from the ground up.

We're hiring for two distinct Tech Lead positions.

What You'll Bring

• Strong engineering background
• Solid software design principles and iterative development experience
• TDD and automated testing expertise beneficial
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, trunk-based development, and feature flagging
• An eye for quality, performance, and scalability
• A passion for the craft - you take pride in clean code and continual improvement
• Previous experience leading teams or mentoring engineers

Why Join?

• Shape critical software systems
• Work in a tight-knit, highly motivated engineering team
• Real ownership and input into technical direction
• Support to grow into people management

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please contact Jess Ritchie, IT Recruitment Consultant at MCS Group or click the apply button below.

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Skills

• tech lead
• principal engineer
• staff engineer
• senior
• leadership