Software Development Lead

  • Harvey Nash Plc
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
  • 20/01/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Are you a hands-on technical leader who thrives on transforming platforms and setting engineering standards?

This is an opportunity for a Software Development Lead to shape a major modernisation programme and steer the evolution of a software product into a modern, scalable, API-driven architecture.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead and mentor a growing development team whilst remaining hands-on.
  • Modernise and replatform a Legacy application
  • Build and enhance Back End services, RESTful APIs.
  • Collaborate with product, UI/UX and delivery teams to deliver intuitive, future-ready features.
  • Define engineering best practices, architectural patterns and coding standards.

What You'll Bring

  • Strong full-stack developer with hands-on experience across multiple programming languages.
  • Proven experience leading or mentoring developers.
  • Legacy migration experience (essential).
  • Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, integration patterns and Back End architecture.
  • Good knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to influence technical direction.

If this opportunity sounds like the right next step for you, please get in touch today to find out more.