Lead Engineer - Full Stack

Salary: £95,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with .NET, Python, React/JavaScript, and Terraform
• Knowledge of Go/Rust and willingness to adopt newer development frameworks
• Comfortable with cloud-native environments, including Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps, and working alongside platform teams
• Proven experience shipping production code, ideally in cloud environments
• Solid CI/CD knowledge, including pipelines, testing, and deployment, with tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Octopus
• Strong focus on code quality, testing, and engineering standards
• Familiarity with Kubernetes patterns, ArgoCD with Crossplane, secrets management, and multi-cloud environments such as GCP and Azure
• Good understanding of observability tools such as New Relic and production monitoring best practices
• Ability to set direction and work cross-functionally
• Experience managing engineers and supporting team growth
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to translate high-level requirements into sound technical designs and break down complexity into implementable components
• Experience encouraging knowledge sharing through pairing, documentation, and similar approaches
• Experience with Elasticsearch is preferred, including designing and operating search solutions in production
• Familiarity with Elastic Cloud is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Lead our Application Platform Team as a Lead Engineer, combining technical expertise with people leadership
• Guide teams delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions
• Work closely with platform, product, and data teams to deliver scalable systems
• Develop and support engineers at different levels
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing environment
• Ensure best practices around code quality, reliability, and delivery are consistently upheld
• Translate high-level requirements into sound technical designs
• Decompose complexity into logical, implementable components the team can build with confidence
• Encourage knowledge sharing through practical approaches such as pairing and documentation

Technologies:

• AI
• ArgoCD
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• ElasticSearch
• GCP
• GitHub
• GitLab
• GitOps
• Helm
• Support
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Network
• Python
• React
• Rust
• Terraform
• ASP.NET
• DevOps
• Fullstack

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We are dunnhumby, the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We are building a unified intelligence layer, a modern platform for AI, real-time data, and scale that replaces heritage products and enables tailored experiences across teams and workflows. Joining us means working on cutting-edge technology that brings data, AI, and product innovation together to shape the future of retail. We offer a comprehensive rewards package, flexible working hours, your birthday off, and the freedom to experiment and learn in a nimble environment. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and flexible working, with employee networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled, and dh Thrive.

last updated 31 week of 2026