Lead Software Engineer — Scalable Digital Shopper Platform

1034 LEGO Company Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague Discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy with 3 days in the,

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to shape the LEGO digital shopper experience across LEGO.com and mobile apps. You will guide architecture, lead by example, and collaborate closely with product teams to deliver scalable, reliable software at significant scale.

You will work across cloud-native platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and modern front-end ecosystems, contributing to architecture decisions and helping teams balance technical and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Built and operated production software in JavaScript and TypeScript at scale.
• Led architectural decisions for large public-facing digital products, documenting trade-offs and long-term outcomes.
• Delivered cloud-native services on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including distributed or microservice-based systems.
• Shaped technical direction across multiple teams while remaining an active contributor to software delivery.
• Implemented GraphQL-powered applications or services in production environments.
• Improved platform scalability, performance, or operational cost through measurable engineering changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for LEGO digital shopper experiences across LEGO.com and apps.
• Architectural improvements to support continued traffic growth while maintaining efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver scalable, high-quality software.
• Define and uphold engineering standards around testing, security, observability, accessibility, and performance.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

GraphQL

Architectural decisions

Cloud-native

AWS

Azure

GCP

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CDK

Job description

LEGO Group is seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to shape the LEGO digital shopper experience across LEGO.com and mobile apps. You will guide architecture, lead by example, and collaborate closely with product teams to deliver scalable, reliable software at significant scale.

You will work across cloud-native platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and modern front-end ecosystems, contributing to architecture decisions and helping teams balance technical and business outcomes.