Lead Software Engineer

Mojo Mortgages; City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mortgage broker is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive development efforts within a cross-discipline team. You will lead hands-on development, guide technical decisions, and have line management responsibilities. The ideal candidate is passionate about delivering impactful solutions with a focus on user experience and operational metrics, while collaborating closely with diverse team members. Remote working options and competitive salary are offered.

Benefits

Competitive Basic Salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Remote working

Subsidised private medical insurance

Wellness programme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of web apps and related tech stacks.
• Familiarity with React, Node.js, AWS Lambdas, and Typescript is helpful.
• Knowledge of AWS/DevOps practices is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development within a squad.
• Collaborate with product and data members to align technical solutions.
• Accountable for technical decisions and architectural choices.

Skills

Accessibility awareness

Operational metrics understanding

UX design knowledge

A/B testing experience

Web applications understanding

CI/CD pipeline management

Tools

React

Node.js

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Lead Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: United Kingdom

Description

At Mojo Mortgages we are on a mission to become the largest and most disruptive mortgage broker in the UK. With the support from our family of brands, including Uswitch, Money, Confused, and Zoopla, we're scaling fast and taking the industry by storm. We\'re not just growing quickly, we\'re growing exponentially.

We\'re all about pushing the boundaries, doing mortgages differently, and delivering outstanding service that makes a real difference in people\'s lives.

We\'re looking for talented and driven individuals to join our team and help us achieve our mission. If you\'re passionate about making a positive impact, love to innovate and want to be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team, we want to hear from you.

Now, we’ve some really ambitious growth plans as we look to shake up a trillion-pound sector. And that’ll be down to you.

We are seeking a lead Engineer to help our mission and lead a squad. You\'ll be working in a cross-discipline team with a modern tech stack and a platform powering multiple brands and implementing everything you know and everything you\'ll learn to change our operational experience and improve customer care across the whole £1tn industry.

What you\'ll be doing

• Hands-on development and lead the development within a squad / team
• Collaborate closely with product and data members within your team to influence the direction and success of the initiatives, ensuring technical solutions align with product objectives and contribute to the overall business impact
• Ensure we continue as product and outcome led teams / squads
• Accountable and responsible for all technical decisions and architectural choices within the squad
• Will have line management responsibility for a few developers (1-3)
• Leads teams and maintains standards within and across teams.
• Owns multiple domains (logical areas) across the business and ensures alignment with company goals.
• Works with security and compliance to take accountability for their specific domains.
• Proactively identifies dependencies and patterns across the organisation and drives standardisation. Drives practices like ADRs and automated testing
• Provides guidance and support to members across various teams.
• Identifies product and tooling opportunities that drive revenue and overall business impact.

What we\'re looking for

• You want to grow your career and make an immediate impact—we deploy up to 150 times a day.
• You care about the product lifecycle and customer value—they drive our business.
• You\'re passionate about accessibility, operational metrics, UX, and A/B testing.
• You\'re pragmatic and deliver effective solutions to business problems based on measurable outcomes.
• You have a strong understanding of web apps and related tech stacks.
• We use React, Node.js, AWS Lambdas, ECS, Serverless, and Typescript. Familiarity with these is helpful, but not required.
• You manage your own CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• AWS/DevOps knowledge is a plus (Lambdas, API gateways, SQS, ECS, Terraform).
• CLI skills aren\'t mandatory, but knowing your way around the command line will make things easier with our internal tools

What we offer

• Remote working
• Competitive Basic Salary
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 30 days per year
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (up to 28 days with length of service)
• Half day holiday for your birthday
• Day off for moving house
• Company social events
• Pension via People\'s Pension (Pension match up to 5%)
• Sick pay and sick pay insurance
• Wellness programme from Able Futures
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Critical Illness cover
• Death in service
• Enhanced Maternity, primary adoption pay
• Enhanced paternity & secondary adoption pay
• Compassionate leave
• Long service awards up to £3000
• Casual dress