Lead Software Engineer

Oliver Bernard; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Flexible working

Career progression

Job summary

Oliver Bernard, partnered with a multinational organisation, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape technical strategy and lead a back-end focused team delivering scalable APIs.

You will mentor 3-5 engineers and drive architectural decisions across product squads, ensuring robust, cloud-native solutions and modern engineering practices across a remote-first, flexible environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development with a strong backend focus in Python.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and production APIs.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, containerisation and modern engineering practices.
• Previous technical leadership experience, including mentoring and managing engineers.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with product and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend services and APIs.
• Set technical direction across product teams.
• Drive architectural decisions, engineering standards, and platform improvements.
• Mentor and line manage 3-5 engineers, supporting their growth.
• Partner with Product and Delivery teams from discovery through to production.
• Champion engineering best practices, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

Backend design

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

Technical leadership

APIs

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Tools

FastAPI/Flask

React/Angular

AWS/Azure/GCP

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Oliver Bernard have partnered with a multinational organisation that has built an autonomous software engineering function operating with the culture and pace of a scale-up.

Over the last few years, the engineering team has grown significantly and now consists of multiple cross‑functional product squads delivering innovative digital products used at scale. They are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to help shape technical strategy, mentor and management a team of engineers, whilst remaining hands‑on with complex software delivery.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the design and development of scalable backend services and APIs.
• Setting technical direction across product teams.
• Driving architectural decisions, engineering standards, and platform improvements.
• Mentoring and line managing around 3-5 engineers while supporting their technical and career growth.
• Partnering closely with Product and Delivery teams from discovery through to production.
• Championing engineering best practices, system reliability, and continuous improvement.

Tech Environment

You'll work across a modern cloud-native ecosystem including:

• Python
• FastAPI / Flask
• React / Angular
• Public Cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP experience welcomed)
• Modern CI/CD tooling

We're Looking For

• 7+ years working in software development with a strong backend focus in Python.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and production APIs.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, containerisation and modern engineering practices.
• Previous technical leadership experience, including mentoring and managing engineers.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with product and business objectives.
• Comfortable influencing architecture and engineering direction across multiple teams.

Why Join?

• Remote-first culture with flexible working.
• Opportunity to influence engineering strategy at scale.
• Modern technology stack and strong engineering culture.
• Genuine focus on learning, mentorship and career progression.
• High-trust environment where engineers have significant autonomy and ownership.