Senior Software Engineer & Tech Team Leader

Build Circle; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous leave

Latest tech stack

Job summary

Build Circle, a progressive technology consultancy, is seeking a senior technologist to lead cross-functional teams and mentor peers while delivering modern web applications in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

You will work across back-end and front-end stacks, build microservices on container-based architectures, and leverage AWS/Azure/GCP to drive scalable solutions, with a pragmatic, value‑driven approach.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading technical teams across multiple organisations.
• Proven ability to design, release and maintain web applications.
• Comfort with full-stack development across backend and frontend.
• Experience building microservices on container-based architectures.
• Native experience with AWS, Azure or similar cloud platforms.
• Proficient in Agile/Lean methodologies.
• Ability to seed new projects and repositories.
• Understanding of CI/CD and automated quality checks.

Responsibilities

• Support Build Circle to build their knowledge base.
• Mentor and support less senior team members.
• Champion our principles with clients and internally.
• Uncover business value through technology.
• Make pragmatic decisions focused on value.
• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Full-stack

Microservices

Container tech

Cloud platforms

Agile/Lean

Mentoring

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Elasticsearch

Kibana

GraphQL

Apollo

.NET Core 3.1

Node.js

React

Job description

Build Circle, a progressive technology consultancy, is seeking a senior technologist to lead cross-functional teams and mentor peers while delivering modern web applications in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

You will work across back-end and front-end stacks, build microservices on container-based architectures, and leverage AWS/Azure/GCP to drive scalable solutions, with a pragmatic, value‑driven approach.