Senior Software Engineering (Saas)

Webexpenses; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A SaaS solutions company based in Witney is seeking a Software Engineering Team Leader to manage a dynamic team and influence technical direction. You'll engage in the full product development lifecycle and work with modern tech stacks to tackle complex challenges. The ideal candidate has solid Java and AWS experience, leadership skills, and a commitment to best practices in software development. This is a full-time, hybrid/remote position offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Group life cover

Retail discount scheme

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a development team, supporting goal and growth expectations.
• Solid understanding of the SaaS model in the online environment.
• Proven experience in designing and building scalable applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Understanding and hands-on experience with core AWS services.
• Experience with SQL databases, including Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with native mobile app development using Swift & Java.
• Strong commitment to writing clean, well-tested, secure code.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Technical design and documentation skills.
• Attention to detail and interest in technological trends.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software developers and support their growth.
• Write high-quality code and conduct peer to peer code reviews.
• Contribute to coding standards, architectural guidelines.
• Collaborate to define how we build software.

Skills

Team Leadership

SaaS

Java

AWS

SQL

Mobile Development

Software Development Best Practices

Problem-Solving

Communication

Documentation

Inquisitive

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

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Job Title: Software Engineering Team Leader (Saas)

Location: Witney (Hybrid/Remote)

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience + plus benefits

Are you ready to take your expertise to the next level and make a real impact? At webexpenses, we're on a mission to redefine how businesses manage expenses and we need a seasoned developer like you to help us lead the charge.

In this role, you'll be at the heart of our full product development lifecycle, working within a dynamic, agile team that thrives on collaboration and innovation. You'll leverage our modern tech stack to deliver solutions for our growing customer base, while tackling complex technical challenges that push the boundaries of what's possible.

As the Team Leader, you won't just write exceptional code, you'll shape our technical direction, mentor talented developers, and collaborate across teams to build products that scale effortlessly and perform reliably. Your insights will influence architecture decisions and help us expand the reach and capabilities of our platform.

What makes this opportunity exciting?

• Impact at scale:Your work will directly enhance the experience of thousands of users.
• Continuous innovation:You'llregularly solve intriguing technical challenges and build elegant solutions.
• Leadership and growth:From mentoring peers to driving best practices, you'll play a pivotal role in our evolution.
• Future-focused:Stay ahead of the curve by exploring emerging technologies and industry trends.

If you're passionate about building robust, scalable systems and want to join a team where your ideas truly matter, this is your chance to make a difference.

In this role you will:

• Manage a team of software developers and support their growth and development.
• Write high-quality code and conduct peer to peer code reviews.
• Contribute to and follow coding standards, architectural guidelines and structure.
• Collaborate with your manager and peers to help define how we build software, scale our systems, and evolve our engineering culture.

To be considered for this exciting role candidates will have demonstrable competence in the majority of the following technologies:

Essential:

• Team Leadership:Ability to be able tolead a development team, supporting goal and growth expectations.
• SaaS:Solid understanding of the SaaS model in the online environment.
• SolidCoreTechnologyExperience:Proven experience in designing and building scalable, and maintainable applications using Java (Java 8+, with experience or a strong desire to work with Java 21)and Spring Boot.
• AWS Expertise:Understanding and hands‑on experience with core AWS services
• Database Knowledge:Experience with SQL databases including Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
• Mobile Development:Experience with native mobile app development using Swift & Java.
• Software Development Best Practices:A strong commitment to writing clean, well‑tested, secure, and maintainable code. Proficient with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Problem‑Solving:Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Communication:Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Documentation:Technical design and documentation skills.
• Inquisitive:Attention to detail and a genuine interest in technological trends.

Desirable:

• Experience working with teams in building and maintaining web applications using React and/or JavaScript.
• Experience in the FinTech or expense management industry.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like AWS CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of event‑driven architecture and messaging queues.

In return we offer:

• Ongoing learning and development including monthly study days.
• A range of benefits including 25 days holiday (rising to 26 days), an additional day off on your birthday, private medical insurance, group life cover, family friendly policies, retail discount scheme, EAP scheme and volunteering days.
• This is a full time, permanent role, based in the UK. Our R&D team work to a hybrid model as well as remotely, you must therefore be able to commute to our office (OX28 postcode) as required.

This position is based in the UK and candidates must therefore have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Webexpenses is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. Key to this role is an awareness of data privacy and security as you will be dealing with sensitive employee data in accordance with our security policies.