Lead Software Engineer

Fyre Global Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking tech business in South Manchester is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead a greenfield rebuild of their core platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Node.js, microservices, and a frontend framework like React. This role offers the chance to work on complex applications and be integral to a small, dynamic team. If you're passionate about clean architecture and modern tooling, this opportunity is worth exploring further.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Lead Developer or similar.
• Solid backend experience with Node.js and microservices.
• Frontend experience with React.
• Experience working on large or complex applications.
• Comfortable with different technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the greenfield rebuild of the core platform.
• Modernise the system’s architecture and data handling.
• Influence project direction and bring ideas to the table.

Skills

Lead Developer experience

Node.js

Microservices

React

Working across different technologies

Adaptability to change

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PHP

Job description

Lead Software Engineer - Node.js / Microservices - Hybrid (2 days onsite) - South Manchester

Are you the kind of Lead Developer who enjoys Greenfield work? The type of work where you are creating something *completely* from scratch instead of the same old bug reports and fixes?

This is an opportunity to join a small, forward-thinking tech business (around eight people within the development team) that is about to do a proper rebuild of its core platform. Right now, they're running multiple legacy applications with different standards, different front ends, and different approaches to data. The plan is to scrap that complexity and start again, unifying everything.

You’ll be working on a genuinely greenfield rebuild, moving towards a modular, microservice-based architecture with a unified front‑end shell that all services plug into. The focus is on modernising how the platform works, how services talk to each other, and how data moves in and out of the system.

As a Lead Developer, you’ll be hands‑on, influential, and trusted to bring ideas to the table. This is not a “sit quietly and ticket‑bash” position.

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience as a Lead Developer or similar
• Solid backend experience with Node.js and microservices
• Frontend experience with React
• Experience working on large or complex applications
• Comfortable working across different technologies rather than staying in one narrow lane
• Open‑minded when it comes to AI and modern tooling, not resistant to change

Advantageous skills include experience with:

• Bonus points if you've worked with messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Bonus points for a PHP background or experience modernising older platforms

If you enjoy rebuilding systems properly, care about clean architecture, and want to have real influence in a small team, this one is well worth a conversation