Software Lead (.NET/Angular)

MCS Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

You will join an exciting Irish software startup in Dublin, taking on a hands‑on leadership role to help build and grow a core software engineering team. You’ll split time between coding and guiding architecture while shaping how features are delivered in a modern .NET/Angular stack.

Ideal candidates are Senior or Lead Software Engineers who want to move into formal leadership, mentoring engineers, owning delivery, and contributing to architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial C#/.NET experience.
• Angular or strong modern front-end experience.
• Experience mentoring or leading other engineers.
• Good understanding of APIs, databases and scalable application design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of new product features from design through to production.
• Remain hands-on with C#/.NET and contribute to technical decisions.
• Lead, mentor and develop software engineers.
• Review code and set engineering standards.
• Make architectural decisions around APIs, data models and service boundaries.
• Drive quality across unit, integration and E2E testing.
• Work with Product and Design to turn requirements into deliverable work.
• Take ownership of sprint planning, estimation and delivery.
• Help hire and grow the engineering team.
• Collaborate with Platform team on performance, scalability, reliability and security.

Skills

C#/.NET

Angular

Mentoring/leadership

APIs & architecture

Testing & quality

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

NoSQL / MongoDB

Job description

I'm working with an exciting Irish software start-up that's entering a major growth phase and looking to appoint a Software Lead to help build and grow one of its core software engineering teams.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a Senior or Lead Software Engineer who wants to take the next step into engineering leadership, without giving up the hands‑on technical work they enjoy.

You’ll be joining a growing product company where you’ll have real influence over how software is built, work directly with senior engineering leadership and gradually build out your own team as the business scales.

This is a start‑up environment and very much an office‑led culture - the team works together from their Dublin City Centre office 3/4 days per week.

The role...

This is a hands‑on leadership position where you’ll split your time between writing code, making technical decisions, delivering product features and developing the engineers around you.

You’ll take ownership of feature delivery across a modern .NET and Angular environment, working closely with Product, Design, QA and Platform Engineering.

As the company grows, so will your team and your leadership responsibilities, making this a great opportunity for someone who ultimately wants to lead a larger engineering team and progress further into engineering management.

What you’ll be doing...

• Leading the delivery of new product features from design through to production
• Remaining hands‑on with C#/.NET and contributing to technical decisions
• Leading, mentoring and developing software engineers
• Reviewing code and setting strong engineering standards
• Making architectural decisions around APIs, data models and service boundaries
• Driving quality across unit, integration and E2E testing
• Working closely with Product and Design to turn requirements into deliverable engineering work
• Taking ownership of sprint planning, estimation and delivery
• Helping hire and grow the engineering team
• Working closely with the Platform team around performance, scalability, reliability and security

Technical environment...

• C# / .NET Core
• Angular
• REST APIs
• PostgreSQL / SQL Server
• NoSQL / MongoDB
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Modern testing and engineering practices

About you...

You don’t necessarily need to already have Software Lead on your CV.

You could be a Senior Software Engineer or Technical Lead who’s already mentoring developers, reviewing code, influencing architecture and taking ownership of delivery - and you’re now ready for the opportunity to formally lead and grow a team.

You’ll ideally have:

• Strong commercial C#/.NET experience
• Angular or strong modern front‑end experience
• Experience building and shipping software products
• Good understanding of APIs, databases and scalable application design
• Experience mentoring or leading other engineers
• A strong approach to testing and software quality
• The confidence to work closely with Product and other areas of the business
• The ability to thrive in a fast‑moving start‑up where you’ll have plenty of ownership

Why apply?

For me, the biggest attraction is the timing.

You’re joining a start up with an established product and enterprise customers, but at a point where the engineering organisation is still being built.

You’ll remain close to the code today while gaining genuine people leadership experience, helping hire your team and having a say in how the engineering function develops.

For an ambitious Senior or Lead Engineer who wants to become a proper Engineering Manager and eventually lead a much larger team, it’s a really exciting next step.

Negotiable salary of up to €90,000 and strong growth opportunities.

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