Senior Software Team Lead - React/Node + AWS

Debenhams Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Company pension

Life assurance

On-site gym

Discount across brands

Wellbeing package

Learning and development

On-site canteen

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Debenhams Group in Manchester is seeking a Team Lead for our Software Development team to guide four engineers, balance hands-on coding with people management, and drive technical direction across internal apps. The stack includes React and Node.js on AWS with event-driven patterns; you’ll plan sprints, prioritise the backlog, review code, own incident response, and mentor your team.

The role is based at our central Manchester office 3 days per week, in a fast-changing retail tech environment

Qualifications

• 5+ Years’ Development Experience; including at least 3 years in a management or team-leading capacity, mentoring and developing other engineers.
• Strong React & Node.js Expertise with production experience and cloud architecture knowledge.
• Infrastructure as Code: GitHub Actions for CI/CD and Terraform or similar tools.
• Database knowledge across relational and NoSQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DocumentDB, DynamoDB.
• Experience with event-driven architectures (SNS, SQS, EventBridge or equivalent).
• People leadership with excellent communication and feedback skills, ideally leading a team of similar size.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, microservices or serverless architectures, ideally in ecommerce/retail.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of four engineers and review code; set direction and architectural decisions.
• Plan sprints, prioritise backlog, and manage delivery risk across applications.
• Own incident response and root cause analysis for your team's apps.
• Coach and grow teammates, balancing hands-on leadership with people management.
• Collaborate with Software Development Manager to align on delivery and goals.

Skills

React

Node.js

AWS

People leadership

Agile/Scrum

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DocumentDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Debenhams Group in Manchester is seeking a Team Lead for our Software Development team to guide four engineers, balance hands-on coding with people management, and drive technical direction across internal apps. The stack includes React and Node.js on AWS with event-driven patterns; you’ll plan sprints, prioritise the backlog, review code, own incident response, and mentor your team.

The role is based at our central Manchester office 3 days per week, in a fast-changing retail tech environment