Senior Software Engineering Lead - Flexible Hours

Insly; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Health insurance

Sports allowance

Flat structure

Job summary

Insly, a London-based no-code insurance SaaS provider, is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to steer the development team and uphold enterprise-grade engineering practices across our platforms.

You will set technical direction, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate with clients and partners to deliver high-impact features while mentoring engineers and aligning with project goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development in enterprise environments, ideally in finance/regulated industries.
• Experience with large-scale data systems.
• Strong production experience with Domain-Driven Design and CQRS.
• Experience with Doctrine ORM and modern PHP.
• Experience working in a structured delivery process (specifications, code review, testing, CI/CD, releases).
• Strong communicator, comfortable in front of clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver as a senior member of the team: build features, fix bugs and take part fully in sprints and project work.
• Lead the team's technical direction by suggesting improvements to architecture, standards and ways of working, as well as delivering tickets.
• Work with the Project Manager to plan, prioritise and manage the development team's work.
• Write technical specifications and review designs and code.
• Represent the company on technical calls with clients and partners.
• Balance client work against maintenance, upgrades and technical debt.
• Mentor developers and support the team's growth.
• Report to the Head of Engineering and act on their feedback.

Skills

Domain-Driven Design

CQRS

Large-scale data systems

PHP

Doctrine ORM

CI/CD

Client communication

Tools

Doctrine ORM

PHP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Insly, a London-based no-code insurance SaaS provider, is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to steer the development team and uphold enterprise-grade engineering practices across our platforms.

You will set technical direction, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate with clients and partners to deliver high-impact features while mentoring engineers and aligning with project goals.