Lead Engineer (Python)

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real ownership and input into technical direction

Support to grow into people management

Work in a highly motivated engineering team

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is seeking two passionate engineers for Tech Lead positions. In this role, you will take ownership of core domains and lead small, agile teams to build critical infrastructure software. Ideal candidates possess solid software design principles, experience in team leadership, and a passion for clean code. This position offers the opportunity to grow into people management in a high-impact engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Solid software design principles and iterative development experience.
• Previous experience leading teams or mentoring engineers.
• A passion for clean code and continual improvement.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a core domain and drive technical design and delivery.
• Lead small, agile teams building infrastructure software.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals.

Skills

Software design principles

TDD and automated testing

CI/CD experience

Trunk-based development

Feature flagging

Team leadership

Job description

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Overview

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 Do

• Take ownership of a core domain and drive technical design and delivery
• Lead small, agile teams building infrastructure software
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals

What You’ll Bring

• 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

How to apply

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please contact Jess Ritchie, IT Recruitment Consultant at MCS Group 028 95685491 or click the apply button below.

If this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit MCS Group www.mcsgroup.jobs to view a wide selection of our current jobs or give us a call 028 9023 5456.

All conversations will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation. If you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.

Job details

• Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Industry: Technology, Information and Internet

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