Lead Software Engineer

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading clean tech company in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to manage a small team while being hands-on. The role involves designing and building complex systems in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in Kotlin. This position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits with a hybrid work model of three days onsite.

Benefits

Bonus

Excellent Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in leading technical teams and managing projects.
• Ability to design and build scalable architecture.
• Proficiency in Kotlin or other JVM languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve platform architecture across distributed systems.
• Lead a small squad including technical and people management.
• Contribute to backend design using Kotlin.

Skills

Kotlin

Technical leadership

People management

Distributed systems design

Collaboration

Job description

Job Description

Lead Software Engineer (Kotlin)

💰 £110,000 - £130,000 + bonus + excellent Benefits

📍 Hybrid - 3 days onsite in Central London (Zone 1)

Want to manage a team that builds tech accelerating the move to clean, affordable energy?

Enjoy being hands‑on and thrive in fast‑growing, product‑led environments? 🌍🌱

Join a high‑calibre engineering team building modern, customer‑facing and energy‑focused systems in one of the UK’s most exciting clean tech companies.

As the Technical Lead, you will manage a small pod while remaining hands‑on with day‑to‑day coding. You’ll spearhead the design, architecture and implementation of complex systems and features and work closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into clear, actionable plans.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build and evolve platform architecture across distributed systems.
• Lead a small squad (technical leadership and people management)
• Contribute to backend design using Kotlin (or JVM), supporting a polyglot mindset.
• Collaborate across engineering to improve practices, tooling, and system design.
• Grow and shape your team

Tech & Environment

Kotlin...