Technical Lead, Software Engineering (Hybrid, Cardiff)

CPS Group (UK) Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Enhanced annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee wellbeing programme

Salary sacrifice benefits

Ongoing professional development

Regular social events

Job summary

CPS Group (UK) Limited is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cardiff to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams. You will shape architecture, drive engineering standards, and guide delivery while mentoring engineers to grow their skills The role is predominantly hands-on with a strong emphasis on collaboration with Product and senior stakeholders to meet time estimates and budget.

Hybrid working is supported with opportunities to influence the technical direction of a

Qualifications

• Experience as a Team Lead, Senior Engineer or Engineering Lead.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience.
• Experience delivering software within Agile environments.
• Ability to influence technical decisions and mentor engineers.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• A passion for building quality software and improving engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across software engineering teams.
• Guide software design, architecture and engineering best practice.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation and risk management.
• Mentor engineers through feedback, coaching and development.
• Collaborate with Product and stakeholders to deliver business objectives.
• Drive improvements across engineering processes, quality and delivery.
• Support recruitment and help build high-performing teams.
• Encourage modern development practices, automation and AI tooling.

Skills

Team leadership

Senior software engineer

Engineering leadership

Java

Spring Boot

Agile delivery

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Engineering best practices

Technical influence

AI tooling interest

Tools

Jenkins

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

CPS Group (UK) Limited is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cardiff to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams. You will shape architecture, drive engineering standards, and guide delivery while mentoring engineers to grow their skills The role is predominantly hands-on with a strong emphasis on collaboration with Product and senior stakeholders to meet time estimates and budget.

Hybrid working is supported with opportunities to influence the technical direction of a