Software Engineering Team Lead

Henry Schein One group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in dental practice management software is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to guide a product development team. This role emphasizes leadership, AI integration, and delivering impactful solutions. Candidates should have significant experience in full-stack development and team management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a full-stack engineer.
• 2+ years leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Experience integrating cloud services and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a remote-first, full-stack team.
• Design and deliver high-impact features.
• Drive API development and service integration.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

AI Integration

Problem Solving

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Ember.js

AWS

Job description

TL;DR;

We’re on the lookout for a Software Engineering Team Lead —someone who thrives on delivering results, empowers their team to move fast and smart, and sees AI as a practical force multiplier.

As our Software Engineering Team Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading a product development team that builds mission-critical solutions used by thousands of dental professionals and their patients around the world. If you're someone who naturally takes charge, thrives in dynamic environments, and wants to leave your mark through meaningful work—this is your opportunity

Who we are

Henry Schein One provides leading online dental practice management software to thousands of dental professionals. We are shaping the future of how millions of patients interact with their dental practice. We aim to solve tough, real-world problems by continuously innovating in the product space. We are growing our team to allow us to expand the use of Dentally across the globe. This is an opportunity to join one of the UK’s best employers as recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work initiative.

As an inclusive and forward-thinking company, we are committed to creating an environment that values diversity and promotes equal opportunities for all individuals. We strongly encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Product Engineering Culture

We are problem solvers, not ticket takers.

We champion creative problem-solving and value autonomy, trust, and impactful outcomes over rigid processes. Delivering improvements rapidly, we engage in iterative 6-week cycles, addressing user needs and enabling technical innovation - balancing technical debt, bugs, and team growth. We are a continuous delivery focused group, shipping changes to production 200+ times per month.

At our core is the customer. Every solution we deliver is crafted with customer success in mind, building relationships that go beyond transactions and ensuring that as team members, we all prioritise customer success in every aspect of our work. We build software that delivers value for our users and resist the urge to over-engineer our solutions. We let our users and the data tell us where we go next.

You can learn more about our product engineering culture here.

Our Tech and Tools

• Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Ember.js
• Postgres, Redis
• Puma, Sidekiq
• Heroku, AWS
• GitHub, JIRA, Slite, Slack, New Relic

About You

• You lead with vision and drive outcomes, not processes.
• You’re an AI advocate who understands how to integrate automation and intelligence across the dev lifecycle.
• You communicate clearly, make fast decisions with data, and adapt confidently to change.
• You mentor with intent, build high-performing teams, and take pride in seeing others grow.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity but never indecisive.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead a remote-first, full-stack team to build and scale modern, AI-augmented web applications.
• Design and deliver high-impact features from concept to production.
• Embed AI tools into development workflows to increase team velocity and product intelligence.
• Drive API development and service integration across our platform and with 3rd parties.
• Champion continuous delivery and observability practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and stakeholders to deliver tangible value.

What you'll bring with you

• 5+ years as a full-stack engineer, with 2+ years leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Proven track record in Ruby on Rails; bonus if you're strong in Ember.js or other SPA frameworks.
• Experience integrating cloud services and APIs (RESTful, internal, 3rd party).
• Familiarity with observability, security, maintainability, and performance monitoring.
• Practical experience using AI tools in engineering workflows—from co-pilots to predictive analytics.
• Bonus: experience in financial services, fintech or healthtech, and data migration/ETL projects.

It's not expected that any single candidate would have expertise across all of these areas - we're looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

Why Join Us?

You’ll join a product-driven, inclusive company that values action, autonomy, and outcomes. We’re scaling globally, investing in technology, and putting AI at the heart of our evolution. If you’re ready to lead from the front and build the future, we want to meet you.

Our Values

Community: Each person is asimportant as the next > Open communication > Diversity & inclusion
Caring: Corporate citizenship > Shared success
Career: Ethics > Recognise creativity & encourage > People are our greatest asset

Our Hiring Process

We've made our process as simple as possible whilst also allowing youto meet multiple members of the team, giving us valuable viewpoints on your experience.
Expect an intro call with our TA team, a hiring manager interview and a technical interview. We aim to get you through our process in about 10 days.

We look forward to hearing from you!