Hybrid Lead Software Engineer

at Informed Solutions

• Job title: Lead Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Microservices, Python, Terraform, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Altrincham, United Kingdom

Responsibilities

• Take overall technical responsibility for high-quality engineering across large, complex services, from design through operation and continual improvement.
• Own the end-to-end architecture and design, producing and maintaining high-quality documentation and ensuring designs are effectively implemented.
• Work with Delivery Managers to plan complex technical activities, provide robust estimates, and proactively mitigate technical risks and issues.
• Build trusted client and partner relationships, offering guidance, enabling effective decision-making, and ensuring technically and commercially sound solutions.
• Provide technical assurance and mentoring for teams, supporting less experienced practitioners and maximising overall delivery quality and velocity.
• Drive innovation and best practice adoption across the Engineering community, motivating and empowering domain practitioners to create a positive and creative culture.
• Support the growth of our Engineering capability via recruitment, masterclasses, training, and curriculum development.
• Provide Practitioner Coaching and technical leadership to guide the development of other engineers.

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading Full Stack Engineering teams, with advanced skills in .NET or Java or Python, plus modern JavaScript libraries.
• Proven track record of taking technical ownership of large-scale services, including architecture, design, and delivery across the full lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of architectural and design patterns (serverless, microservices), with ability to lead and assure their application.
• Experience leading delivery in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD), providing technical guidance and contributing to planning and estimation.
• Hands-on expertise the cloud, delivering scalable, secure, and well-architected solutions.
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers, enabling high-quality, efficient delivery.
• Strong client engagement skills, able to advise on technical direction and build trusted relationships.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or Terraform.
• Consultancy experience, engaging with external stakeholders and clients.
• Exposure to public sector projects and delivery in complex organisational environments.
• Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships.
• Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others.
• Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery.

Benefits

• InformedACADEMY™ – We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
• Hybrid working*
• Private Health Care Cover*
• Generous life assurance cover*
• Gym Membership*
• Monthly office lunch
• Onsite massage sessions
• 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
• Company Pension Contribution
• Profit Share Scheme
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• *Qualifying period applies