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Location: Hybrid – Leeds or Manchester (2 days per week)

Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: £85,000 + Benefits + 20% Bonus

The Opportunity

Our client is a fast-growing SaaS company that is scaling its engineering capability to deliver the next generation of cloud-native platforms. They’re looking for a hands-on Lead Developer to guide a talented team of engineers, drive modern engineering practices, and shape the technical roadmap.

This is not just another leadership role — it’s a chance to balance strategy with coding, influence the future stack, and deliver high-impact solutions used by thousands of businesses across the UK and beyond.

Why Join Our Client?

• Lead from the front – set technical direction, mentor engineers, and remain close to the code.
• Modern, evolving tech stack – .NET 8, AWS, Azure, React, TypeScript, Terraform, event-driven architecture.
• Strategic influence – collaborate with product leaders and architects to define and deliver the roadmap.
• Innovative culture – experimentation, continuous improvement, and adoption of emerging technologies are encouraged.
• Impact at scale – contribute to secure, scalable SaaS platforms that are critical to clients in multiple industries.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing technical leadership, setting standards, guiding architecture, and mentoring engineers.
• Building scalable, resilient cloud-based solutions using .NET and AWS/Azure.
• Driving quality through code reviews, best practices, and test automation.
• Championing modern engineering practices including CI/CD, DevOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Staying ahead of emerging trends and embedding innovation into the team.
• Leading delivery in an Agile environment, balancing speed, quality, and value.

What Our Client is Looking For

• Strong background in .NET (ideally .NET 8), C#, and cloud-native development.
• Experience leading engineering teams in Agile, product-focused environments.
• Proven track record of delivering scalable, secure systems with privacy-by-design principles.
• Expertise with AWS or Azure, Terraform, and event-driven systems.
• Frontend knowledge of React and TypeScript.
• Excellent communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical discussions.

Nice-to-haves include experience with GraphQL, micro-frontends, Docker, and performance testing tools such as Playwright or K6.

The Stack You’ll Work With

• Cloud: AWS or Azure
• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Databases: DynamoDB, SQL
• Messaging & Events: SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Service Bus
• Architecture: Microservices, event-driven, containerised

This is a role where leadership meets hands-on engineering — perfect for someone who wants to shape the future of a SaaS platform while nurturing a high-performing engineering team.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology and Engineering
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Technology, Information and Media

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