Senior Staff Engineer - Architecture & Tech Leadership

Naked Wines; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus opportunity

Personal Healthcare

26 days holiday

Personal development budget

Yearly wine allowance

Paid volunteer leave

Wellbeing support

Enhanced parental leave

Honeymoon leave

Job summary

A popular wine company in the UK is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead architectural and technical strategy across teams. This hybrid position in Norwich or London requires over 10 years of software engineering experience, strong leadership abilities, and a focus on improving performance and reliability. The ideal candidate will mentor junior engineers, define technical standards, and influence key technical decisions. The role offers competitive compensation, an annual bonus, and various employee benefits, such as a personal development budget and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering (backend, frontend or full‑stack).
• Strong knowledge of modern architectures (API‑first, microservices, composable).
• Proven experience leading system design, architecture reviews and technical decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, system design and technical strategy across several squads.
• Define and embed technical standards, patterns and best practices.
• Improve software performance, reliability, security and maintainability.

Skills

Software Engineering

Modern Architectures

System Design

Coaching and Mentoring

Communication Skills

Job description

A popular wine company in the UK is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead architectural and technical strategy across teams. This hybrid position in Norwich or London requires over 10 years of software engineering experience, strong leadership abilities, and a focus on improving performance and reliability. The ideal candidate will mentor junior engineers, define technical standards, and influence key technical decisions. The role offers competitive compensation, an annual bonus, and various employee benefits, such as a personal development budget and wellbeing support.