Software Engineer Team Lead

MCS Group; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth tech company in Belfast is seeking a Software Engineer Team Lead to guide a dynamic engineering team while remaining hands-on with coding. The ideal candidate will have experience with technologies like PHP, Symfony, and AWS, and a passion for clean code and mentoring. This hybrid role comes with a competitive salary of £80k - £90k.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Solid hands-on experience with PHP, Symfony, NodeJS, Python, or willingness to learn.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers through coaching and code reviews.
• Ability to work in fast-moving Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Spend 70-80% of time in coding and feature delivery.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership and set standards.
• Coach and mentor engineers through feedback and technical problem-solving.
• Collaborate with product and design teams on roadmaps.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering culture and practices.

Skills

Leadership

PHP 8.2

Symfony 7

REST

API Platform

NodeJS

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Angular 19

AWS

Agile methodologies

Job description

MCS Group has an *EXCLUSIVE* opportunity for a Software Engineer Team Lead with a High-Growth Tech Scale-Up in Belfast. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments, and who enjoys leading by example, solving complex technical challenges, and helping others raise their game. This Software Engineer Team Lead will join a scaling tech company, building best in class products across web, mobile, and desktop. As part of this period of growth, they're looking for a Software Engineer Team Lead who can balance being deeply involved in coding with guiding a talented, ambitious team.

This isn't a role for someone who needs their hand held. This client are after a pragmatic, autonomous engineer who's comfortable taking ownership, driving delivery, and helping shape the way they work as they grow.

The Role

• You'll be spending 70-80% of your time hands-on in code and delivering high-quality features.
• You will lead by example in clean, scalable development while guiding teammates through technical decisions and best practices.
• You will also be providing day-to-day technical leadership - from setting standards and reviewing code to driving architecture.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and technical problem-solving.
• Working with product and design teams to shape roadmaps and turn vision into reality.
• Driving continuous improvement in our engineering culture, workflows, and delivery practices.

The Person

• Proven experience leading and delivering complex features in a high-performing engineering team is essential.
• Our client works with: PHP 8.2 / Symfony 7, REST, API Platform, NodeJS, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Angular 19 and AWS. Solid hands-on experience with this stack would be ideal, or the willingness and ability to cross-train into this stack - Polyglot Developers and the Language-Agnostic are very welcome!
• A solid understanding of cloud-based architectures and distributed systems is required.
• You will bring demonstrable experience mentoring engineers and raising team standards through coaching, pairing, and code reviews.
• A level of pragmatism is required, and a balance between short-term delivery and long-term scalability.
• You will have confidence working in fast-moving Agile teams where priorities evolve quickly.
• And vitally, a real passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement.

Salary: £80k - £90k
Location: Belfast City Centre (Hybrid)

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Jill Johnston, Head of IT Contracts, at MCS Group 02896 935 509

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