Software Engineering Lead

Butterworths Limited Company; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Software Engineering Lead in London to drive software development practices within an agile team. The role encompasses technical problem-solving, feature implementation, and team guidance, along with a focus on fostering a healthy work-life balance. The ideal candidate will have experience with React and AWS, demonstrating strong communication skills essential for stakeholder collaboration.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Access to a competitive pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience with modern React frameworks.
• Knowledge of AWS and serverless architecture.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee software development within specific areas.
• Assist in implementing new features like Smart Search Engine.
• Refactor existing applications to improve performance.

Skills

React

AWS

Software Engineering techniques

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Job description

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You’ll be the go-to person for a small highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and process. Your engineering team will be mainly based in the UK and Germany. You will also work closely with existing application team, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and the USA.

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in overseeing software development within your specific area of responsibility. You will solve technical problems as well as guide your team to success.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and take ownership within the team and across team boundaries.
• Assist in the breakdown and implementation of new features, such as a Sharing Service, Smart Search Engine, and a User Data Manager.
• Help build AWS platform infrastructure with CDK, including NodeJS/Python Lambda functions.
• Refactor existing applications to improve performance and maintainability.
• Write and review detailed specifications for system components of moderate complexity.
• Participate in development processes, adhere to coding best practices, and conduct code reviews.
• Operate in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, etc.) while collaborating with stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience working with modern React frameworks.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge of cost-effective serverless architecture.
• Understanding of Software Engineering techniques and processes.
• Desirable but not essential: experience with GraphQL or similar API schemas.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills suitable for a wide audience.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer appealing working prospects for our people, including wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals to help you meet your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.

• Flexible working hours to help you work when you are most productive.

Working for you

We value your wellbeing and happiness as key to a successful career. Our benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance with options to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Travel Season ticket loan.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Emergency care access for elderly and children.
• RECARES days to support charities and causes you care about.
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated volunteering time.
• Extensive learning and development resources.
• Employee discounts via Perks at Work.