Lead Software Engineer - C#/NET & Node.js Tech Lead

Kainos; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) to lead teams and deliver high‑quality software solutions for customers worldwide in a fast‑paced environment. You will own technical direction, mentor junior engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure robust architectures while exploring new technologies and practices to improve delivery and impact.

You will lead the way in shaping software quality, performance, and security, while fostering a culture of learning and continuous

Qualifications

• Expertise in designing, building, testing and maintaining modern software applications.
• Technical leadership of teams building and testing modern, scalable, secure, performant applications in line with software development principles, practices and patterns e.g. XP, TDD
• Experience of technical ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation
• Expertise in software design and development across all layers of an application
• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.
• Experience with the latest Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques

Responsibilities

• Lead teams and develop high quality software solutions that delight customers and impact users worldwide.
• Provide direction and leadership for your team; solve challenging problems together.
• Interact with customers, share knowledge and mentor those around you.
• Manage, coach and develop staff, with a focus on performance and career development.
• Make sound, reasoned decisions in a fast-paced environment while learning new technologies and approaches.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team coaching

Software architecture

TDD / XP

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) to lead teams and deliver high‑quality software solutions for customers worldwide in a fast‑paced environment. You will own technical direction, mentor junior engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure robust architectures while exploring new technologies and practices to improve delivery and impact.

You will lead the way in shaping software quality, performance, and security, while fostering a culture of learning and continuous