Lead Software Engineer: Client‑Facing & UK Travel

Accenture UK & Ireland; Manchester; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation

Private medical insurance

3 extra days for charitable work

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Lead Software Engineer based in Manchester, with willingness to travel to client sites across the UK. You will work on end-to-end product development, lead a team of engineers, and contribute to technical excellence.

We value experience across Java/Typescript/Python, cloud-native architectures, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines. The role requires flexibility to visit client sites and collaborate in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Industry experience in Java, Typescript, Python, Go, C#, or similar stacks.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD).
• Strong focus on accessibility, security, performance and caching.
• You have led a team and grown team members' careers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients and teams to build digital products end-to-end.
• Lead and mentor engineers, balancing hands-on delivery with leadership.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and ensure delivery with quality.

Skills

Java

Typescript

Python

Go

C#

React

Angular

Vue

Svelte

Cloud Native

AWS

Azure

GCP

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Leadership

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Lead Software Engineer based in Manchester, with willingness to travel to client sites across the UK. You will work on end-to-end product development, lead a team of engineers, and contribute to technical excellence.

We value experience across Java/Typescript/Python, cloud-native architectures, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines. The role requires flexibility to visit client sites and collaborate in a dynamic environment.