Job title: Lead Software Engineer
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary: negotiable
Job published: 18-05-2026
Job ID: 81933

Job Description

Lead Software Engineer

Up to £80,000

Remote - Monthly Bristol Office Visit

 

A growing Bristol-based SaaS organisation is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help shape the future of a market-leading platform used by organisations across the UK. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll combine software engineering, technical direction and people management. You’ll take ownership of complex technical challenges, influence architectural decisions and mentor a small team of engineers while remaining close to the code.

 

The business operates with a remote-first culture, with a monthly visit to the Bristol office for collaboration and team planning.

 

Responsibilities:

 

  • Lead delivery of complex, business-critical engineering work
  • Guide architectural decisions and system evolution
  • Maintain high standards of code quality, reliability and scalability
  • Manage technical debt and contribute to long-term platform strategy
  • Line manage and mentor engineers within the team
  • Lead agile ceremonies, sprint planning and estimations
  • Support hiring, onboarding and technical assessments
  • Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business

 

Essentisal Experience:

 

  • Strong commercial experience developing software with .NET/ C#
  • Front-end development experience with Angular/ TypeScript/ JavaScript
  • Experience building scalable production systems
  • Strong Azure cloud experience
  • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
  • Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practices
  • Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience
  • Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

 

Desirable Experience:

 

  • Previous line management experience
  • Microservices or event-driven architecture
  • Docker
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Experience supporting recruitment and interviewing
  • Eligibility for SC Clearance

 

Benefits:

 

  • Flexible remote working
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Birthday day off
  • Additional leave for long service
  • Buy and sell holiday scheme
  • Enhanced pension
  • Private healthcare
  • Dental and eye care support
  • Life assurance
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee wellbeing support
  • Regular company socials

 

If interested, please contact Sam John at CPS Group: SJohn@cpsgroupuk.com