Senior Lead Software Engineer: Cloud, Java & AI Delivery

easyJet Airline Company PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday

Annual holiday credit

Staff travel benefits

Flexible benefits

Job summary

easyJet Airline Company PLC is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Luton. This senior role combines hands-on software delivery with leadership of a small engineering squad, focusing on designing, building and operating production systems in a hybrid environment.

You’ll guide technical delivery, shape squad architecture and mentor up to four engineers, aligning with business priorities and product goals while promoting high-quality software and scalable cloud-based solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong Java engineering experience in modern software delivery environments.
• Experience designing, building and operating cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Experience with microservices architecture, APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and operate software in a hands-on role with production systems.
• Lead the squad’s technical delivery and architecting decisions.
• Coach and support up to four engineers and partner with the Engineering Manager.
• Maintain engineering standards through code reviews, testing and ownership of operations.

Skills

Java

AWS

Microservices

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS serverless

Job description

easyJet Airline Company PLC is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Luton. This senior role combines hands-on software delivery with leadership of a small engineering squad, focusing on designing, building and operating production systems in a hybrid environment.

You’ll guide technical delivery, shape squad architecture and mentor up to four engineers, aligning with business priorities and product goals while promoting high-quality software and scalable cloud-based solutions.