Lead Software Architect – Scalable Digital Shopper Platform

The Great Yellow Brick Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family care leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid workplace

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape the digital shopper experience across LEGO.com, mobile apps and supporting platforms in a hands-on technical leadership role.

You will guide architecture, collaborate with product and design teams, and help scale public-facing platforms while maintaining efficiency and reliability. The role blends leadership with direct coding and delivery work, within a hybrid work rhythm.

Qualifications

• Built and operated production software in JavaScript and TypeScript at scale.
• Led architectural decisions for large public-facing digital products, documenting trade-offs and long-term outcomes.
• Delivered cloud-native services on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including distributed or microservice-based systems.
• Shaped technical direction across multiple teams while remaining an active contributor to software delivery.
• Implemented GraphQL-powered applications or services in production environments.
• Improved platform scalability, performance, or operational cost through measurable engineering changes.

Responsibilities

• Technical direction for LEGO digital shopper experiences across LEGO.com and mobile apps.
• Architectural improvements to support traffic growth while maintaining efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and stakeholders from discovery through delivery.
• Ensure testing, security, observability, accessibility and performance standards are met.
• Mentor teams and contribute hands-on engineering work when needed.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Architecture leadership

Cloud-native

React

Next.js

React Native

Tools

React

Next.js

React Native

Job description

LEGO Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape the digital shopper experience across LEGO.com, mobile apps and supporting platforms in a hands-on technical leadership role.

You will guide architecture, collaborate with product and design teams, and help scale public-facing platforms while maintaining efficiency and reliability. The role blends leadership with direct coding and delivery work, within a hybrid work rhythm.