Lead Software Engineer

Permanent

Location: Remote First - 1 day a fortnight onsite in Shipley.

Salary: up to £85,000

Industry: Utilities

About the Client

Our client are a leading UK provider of smart, sustainable heat-network solutions, specialising in end-to-end services for local authorities, housing associations, and private developers. With decades of experience, their expertise ranges from design and build through to operation, metering, billing, and optimisation. Their mission centres on driving energy efficiency, reducing carbon, and delivering reliable, affordable heat for residents.

How youll spend your day

As a Lead Software Engineer, youll take ownership of one of two delivery streams within a small, evolving engineering team. Youll provide technical leadership, guide day-to-day delivery, and act as the key liaison between engineering and non-technical stakeholders, without direct line management responsibilities.

You will:

• Lead one of two product/engineering streams, ensuring technical quality, delivery focus and strong communication with stakeholders.
• Rotate between streams every 23 months to promote knowledge sharing, avoid silos, and strengthen team resilience.
• Work hands-on across a varied technical stack, contributing to coding, solution design, and best engineering practice.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, BI developers, and software engineers to deliver secure, scalable and business-focused solutions.
• Support the move towards a more structured agile model, championing practices such as TDD and high-quality engineering standards.

What youll bring to this role

Were looking for a Lead Engineer who can balance strong technical capability with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.

Youll bring:

• Solid hands-on experience in modern software engineering using React, TypeScript and AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS).
• A willingness to learn new technologies - particularly Rust, which is increasingly central to the stack (no prior Rust experience needed).
• Experience working across the full lifecycle of software delivery in agile environments.
• Ability to work closely with product owners and business stakeholders, translating requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Strong engineering fundamentals, including TDD, clean architecture and best-practice development workflows.

Desirable but not essential: Experience with Python, data engineering or data-focused workflows for collaboration with the data stream.

Perks & Benefits:

• 5% pension
• Informal bonus scheme circa 4%
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

What happens next?

One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if youve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.

Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.

The remote interview process for this client consists of:

• Stage 1 1-1.5 hour Pair Programming Exercise
• Stage 2 1 hour Technical Discussion
• Stage 3 1 hour interview with the hiring managers to discuss experience and focus on stakeholder engagement.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process.

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