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Lead Software Engineer

Digitalwaffle — United Kingdom · Posted ~2 hours ago

Lead Full-time Hybrid Visa History ✓ £60000-£70000

Skills

Software development Team leadership Code review Mentoring Feature development Development process improvement Deployment practices AI-assisted software development

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A hands-on technical leadership opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys leading a small development team while continuing to code. You will mentor developers, review code, shape features, improve engineering practices and deployment processes, and help introduce responsible AI-assisted development. The role offers hybrid flexibility, strong compensation, and a generous holiday allowance.

Highlights

Leadership role combining hands-on software development with mentoring, code review, feature planning, and engineering process improvement. Offers hybrid working, competitive compensation, generous annual leave, and opportunities to improve engineering productivity with responsible AI use.

Description

We’re looking for a Development Manager to lead a small development team while remaining hands-on with software development. You’ll split your time between coding, mentoring developers, reviewing code, shaping new features and improving development practices. This is a leadership role for someone who leads by example, enjoys solving problems and is passionate about helping others succeed. Location: Hybrid – Solihull/Remote Salary: £60,000–£70,000 Hours: Full-time Holiday: 26 days + Bank Holidays Key Responsibilities Lead, coach and mentor a small team of developers.Support developer growth through feedback and knowledge sharing.Plan and shape new features, from UI discussions through to delivery.Maintain high standards through effective code reviews.Remain hands-on, developing new functionality and improving existing features.Help the team use AI responsibly to improve productivity and software quality.Improve development processes, tooling and deployment practices.Contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.Participate in a shared on-call rota for occasional critical platform issues. About You 5+ years’ commercial software development experience.Previous experience leading or mentoring developers.Strong technical skills with a willingness to remain hands-on.Clear communicator who builds trust and works collaboratively.Approachable, humble and willing to share knowledge.Comfortable challenging ideas constructively.Passionate about software quality and user experience.Enjoys continuous learning and problem-solving.Experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS. Technical Environment PHP / LaravelReact / React NativeAWSDockerCodeIgniter / jQuery (legacy systems being migrated to Laravel)Git / GitHub If you are interested in the above position, please apply with your CV today