Lead Software Engineer

DeepCamp; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Doit in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction, design scalable systems, and drive critical engineering work from idea to production. This role combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership across backend, frontend, and APIs.

You will mentor engineers, shape development practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust financial technology products in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong design and architecture for large-scale systems.
• Hands-on coding, prototyping, and reviews.
• Experience leading major engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design and execution for major products and systems.
• Design scalable, reliable backend/frontend APIs and infrastructure.
• Code, prototype, review, and troubleshoot production issues.
• Drive architecture decisions balancing speed, cost, reliability.
• Mentor engineers across teams and raise engineering quality.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend development

Frontend development

System design

APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Mentoring

Code reviews

Debugging

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Bjak# Lead Software EngineerUnited Kingdom · REMOTEFree account · 30 seconds## About the roleAbout Doit We are focused on reinventing how people spend, save, invest, exchange,### travel, and more. Our objective is to build tools that will help people get more from their money and become an expert at ease. We believe AI will help make finance smart, assessible and safe. We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few. We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities and growing from our offices and remotely. Join us and build a better future for our society. In 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, it's the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia. The Role Doit builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. As our products and systems scale, we need technical leaders who can solve difficult engineering problems and raise the engineering bar around them. The Lead Software Engineer owns technical direction and execution for major products and systems. This is a hands-on role - you will design systems, write code, and drive critical engineering work from idea to production. What You'll Own Owning technical design and execution for major products, systems and engineering initiatives. Designing scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure. Building alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving. Driving architecture decisions and trade-offs across speed, scalability, reliability, cost and maintainability. Turning ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions and execution plans. Raising engineering quality through stronger system design, testing, security, observability and development practices. Leading technically critical initiatives and mentoring engineers across teams.### What We're Looking For7+ years of software engineering### experiencebuilding and shipping production systems. Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases or cloud infrastructure. Strong system design and architecture skills for complex or high-scale systems. Strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on. Track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production. Ability to make sound technical trade-offs, influence engineers and solve complex production problems. Nice to have### Experiencescaling engineering teams, systems or development practices through significant growth.### Experienceoperating across multiple products, markets or countries. Location This is a hybrid role. You are expected to work from our local office at least 3 days per week, with the remaining days offering flexibility to work remotely. Candidates should be based in, or able to work from, the location where the role is advertised. Language English is our main working language across global teams. Strong English communication is required. Interview Process Our process is designed to move fast: Online assessment or practical task Technical interview CEO / final round For strong candidates, we aim to complete the process and make an offer within 1 week from the start of the interview process. Candidates who complete assessments quickly will be prioritized. Find more English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow## Skills this role needsNot yet mapped