Software Engineering Lead

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong software development background with a move toward governance, technical leadership and continuous improvement.
• Experience with Python, C#/.NET and JavaScript.
• Experience with REST API development.
• Experience with GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Azure App Services and Azure Functions.
• Experience designing and delivering software platforms, integrations or services into operational or production environments.
• Experience designing for scalability, resilience, maintainability and operational supportability.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated deployment.
• Experience with engineering standards and technical design reviews.
• Experience with architecture assurance and production readiness.
• Experience with software development lifecycles and technical governance.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain software engineering standards, practices and governance across the organisation.
• Act as the technical authority for internally developed applications, integrations, automation solutions and service platforms.
• Analyse existing technical services and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and operationally ready before entering production.
• Provide technical leadership, design assurance and engineering oversight throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Review technical designs against non-functional requirements including availability, performance, security and supportability.
• Manage one internal developer and oversee external software development partners, ensuring work meets agreed technical standards and requirements.
• Promote engineering best practice, mentoring and the development of software engineering capability.
• Contribute to the design and continual improvement of strategically important internal platforms and services.
• Drive the adoption of CI/CD, automation and modern engineering practices.
• Identify and reduce technical debt, engineering rework and production defects.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, development tools and engineering approaches, making recommendations to the CTO.

Technologies:

• API
• Architect
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• CTO
• GitHub
• JavaScript
• Python
• REST
• Security
• ASP.NET
• Cloud

More:

Software Engineering Lead – Governance & Standards. We are offering an excellent opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer / Technical Lead looking to move away from hands-on development and into a broader software engineering lead and governance position. Based in South Wales, this role focuses on establishing and governing software engineering standards across internally developed applications, integrations, automation solutions and service platforms. The position would suit a Software Engineering Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Development Lead, Software Architect or Engineering Manager who wants to step away from day-to-day coding and use their technical experience to govern, improve and lead software engineering across our business.

last updated 35 week of 2026