Lead Software Engineer

Gamma; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + birthday

Subsidised private medical insurance

5.1% matched pension contributions

Enhanced parental leave

Life assurance and income protection

Share save and incentive plans

Electric vehicle and cycle scheme

Employee discounts

Volunteer day

Job summary

Gamma in Manchester is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive the Group Products platform, including OSS/BSS and UCaaS/CPaaS solutions. You’ll lead technically complex development, design secure APIs, and mentor engineers while ensuring scalability, security, and performance across distributed systems.

You’ll collaborate with product and architecture teams to plan, scope, and estimate future work, contribute to CI/CD and testing best practices, and champion observability and incident

Qualifications

• Strong experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular).
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and API design principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing (Jest, Playwright), and version control.
• Proven experience running large-scale production systems in AWS and with Kubernetes.
• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and problem-solving across distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within teams.
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and site reliability engineering practices.
• Experience with Java and/or telecoms technologies (VoIP, WebRTC) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead technically complex development across Gamma’s Group Products, building new features and maintaining systems.
• Collaborate with product, architects, and engineering teams to scope and plan scalable solutions.
• Design and develop secure, high-performance APIs and integrate third-party tools.
• Produce and review solution design documentation considering security and performance.
• Drive coding standards through reviews, mentoring, and CI/CD/testing best practices.
• Apply site reliability engineering principles to improve observability, resilience, and incident response.
• Monitor, profile, and optimize application performance including capacity planning for SLAs.
• Identify technical debt and recommend improvements to systems and tooling.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Observability

Problem solving

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Security awareness

Debugging

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Angular

CI/CD

Jest

Playwright

AWS

Kubernetes

Version control

Job description

At Gamma we provide voice, data, and mobile solutions to businesses across the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of a collaborative, forward‑thinking team that’s transforming how businesses connect and communicate globally. We’re growing fast, but we never lose sight of what matters: our people. Whether you’re looking to develop your skills, take on new challenges, or make a meaningful impact, Gamma is the place to do it.

What is the role responsible for?

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining Gamma’s Group Products suite, including proprietary OSS/BSS and UCaaS & CPaaS solutions. This role leads technically complex development across the platform, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and high performing, while supporting and mentoring engineers and driving best practice across the team.

What will you be doing day‑to‑day?

• Leading technically complex development across the platform, building new features and maintaining existing systems using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
• Collaborating with product, architects, and engineering teams to scope, plan, and estimate solutions that are scalable and future‑proof
• Designing and developing secure, high‑performance APIs and integrating third‑party tools and services
• Producing and reviewing detailed solution design documentation, ensuring consideration of security, performance, and system‑wide impact
• Driving high standards through code reviews, mentoring engineers, and contributing to CI/CD and testing best practices
• Applying site reliability engineering principles to improve observability, resilience, and incident response
• Monitoring, profiling, and optimising application performance, including capacity planning to meet SLAs
• Identifying technical debt and recommending improvements to systems, processes, and tooling

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and API design principles
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Playwright), and version control
• Proven experience running large‑scale production systems in AWS and working with Kubernetes/containerisation
• Strong debugging, performance optimisation, and problem‑solving skills across distributed systems
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within teams
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and site reliability engineering practices
• Experience with Java and/or telecoms technologies (e.g. VoIP, WebRTC) is highly beneficial

What do we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave + birthday
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• 5.1% matched pension contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance and income protection
• Share save and incentive plans
• Electric vehicle and cycle scheme
• Employee discounts
• Volunteer day

A few things to note

We require all candidates to be eligible to work in the UK and pass a basic DBS check.

If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you could thrive in this role, we would still encourage you to apply.

Gamma is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams where everyone feels valued and can be their authentic selves. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in our industry. As a family‑friendly employer, we foster a culture of trust, autonomy, and flexibility to support your work‑life balance and help you thrive at Gamma.

For recruitment agencies – we have a network of fantastic partners that support us in our hiring from time to time. We’re not looking to increase that network currently, so please don’t send speculative CVs.