Software Engineering Team Leader

Overview

Software Engineering Team Leader – Enterprise Software Solutions. We have an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineering Team Leader to join a fast-growing software company developing innovative enterprise platforms used by major organisations in the UK and internationally. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll combine people management with technical delivery, taking the lead on architecture, coding, and innovation while supporting the professional development of your team.

Requirements for Software Engineering Team Leader

• Strong commercial experience in a senior engineering or team leadership role
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to deliver projects from inception to completion while maintaining high technical standards
• Adaptability to new tools, technologies, and methodologies
• Solid technical skills in:
• Unit & integration testing
• AWS services (IAM, Lambda, API Gateway)
• SpecFlow (BDD), Postman, OpenAPI
• MS SQL Server (SQL) & MongoDB (NoSQL)
• Docker
• Experience with CQRS and Event Bus architecture is highly desirable

Responsibilities for Software Engineering Team Leader

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of engineers, driving both technical and personal development
• Oversee architectural design and code reviews, ensuring high standards and consistency
• Plan and deliver work in line with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles
• Embed robust quality assurance practices to improve reliability and performance
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver software that meets business needs
• Contribute hands-on to coding, architecture, and problem-solving

What the role offers

• A supportive, people-focused culture with excellent training, career development, and performance-related bonus opportunities
• Competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday + bank holidays, 2 wellbeing days, Christmas shutdown, and flexible perks such as private healthcare, life assurance, and retail discounts
• 5% company pension contribution, modern hybrid working, and the chance to work on impactful, industry-leading technology

Applications

If you’d like to apply for this exciting Software Engineering Team Leader role, please send your CV via the relevant links.

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RedTech Recruitment Ltd focuses on finding roles for Engineers and Scientists. Even if the above role isn’t of interest, please visit our website to see other opportunities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at RedTech. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Consulting

Industries

• Software Development, IT System Custom Software Development, and Technology, Information and Media

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom