Lead Software Engineer

About the role

Ipsos Innovation Service Line aims to revamp its product testing process, transitioning from a manual execution model to a modern, scalable, digital platform covering the full end-to-end lifecycle.

We are looking for a highly skilled and visionary Lead Software Engineer (Tech Lead) to drive the technical vision, architecture, and delivery of this transformation.

This role combines deep technical expertise, leadership, and strategic thinking. You will act as the primary technical reference for the team, ensuring that solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business goals.

You will directly manage, mentor, and scale a dedicated team of engineers ensuring the platform remains robust, secure, and highly scalable.

You will work in a modern and cloud environment (.NET Core, React, PostGre SQL, Cloud), collaborating closely with Product Owners, Architects, and cross-functional teams across the organization.

You will Enforce and mature the existing testing culture. Maintain rigorous standards for security and system observability.

Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own and drive the technical vision and roadmap of the product
• Lead architecture design and ensure consistency across systems and services
• Make and validate key technical decisions aligned with business strategy
• Define and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and coding guidelines
• Ensure scalability, performance, security, and maintainability of solutions
• Lead modernization efforts (cloud adoption, legacy refactoring, platform evolution)

Engineering Excellence

• Design, develop, and oversee robust, well-tested and observable .NET applications and APIs
• Establish and drive best practices for code quality (reviews, testing, CI/CD, DevOps)
• Ensure high standards in performance, reliability, and security
• Promote and implement observability (monitoring, logging, alerting)
• Continuously improve development processes and engineering practices

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Act as the technical leader and reference for the development team
• Mentor and coach engineers to support their technical growth
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Lead code reviews with a focus on quality and knowledge sharing
• Support onboarding of new team members
• Contribute to hiring and technical evaluation when needed

Delivery Ownership

• Accountable for the technical delivery of the team
• Ensure commitments are met with high quality standards
• Balance delivery speed, technical debt, and long-term sustainability
• Identify, anticipate, and mitigate technical risks
• Ensure alignment between product priorities and technical execution

Agile & Product Collaboration

• Act as the technical counterpart to the Product Owner
• Contribute to backlog prioritization based on technical complexity and impact
• Drive technical input in sprint planning, refinement, and estimation
• Improve team predictability, velocity, and delivery efficiency
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the Agile team

Cross-Team & Organizational Impact

• Collaborate with architects and other teams to ensure system coherence
• Contribute to global engineering practices and technical governance
• Promote reuse, standardization, and alignment across teams
• Influence technical strategy beyond the immediate product scope

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in software development with at least 2+ years in a formal team lead, tech lead, or engineering management role.
• Strong .NET Core and relational databases (specifically PostgreSQL) experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Cloud technologies deploying containerized applications
• Strong commitment to test-driven development or high-test-coverage environments using xUnit or equivalent frameworks
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proven experience in a Tech Lead or senior technical leadership role
• Strong experience driving architecture and technical decisions
• Experience mentoring and guiding engineers
• Ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset and decision-making capability
• Leadership through influence and example
• Strong problem-solving mindset
• Experience with design and modeling tools
• Experience in hybrid technology environments
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Experience working in Agile frameworks (Scrum)
• Bonus points if you have previously navigated a vendor-to-in-house code migration or internalization process.

Benefits:

• Flexible & Hybrid working;
• Flexible Benefits platform (e.g.: 7Card, Kindergarten support and many more);
• Additional Vacation days (starting 25 days);
• Referral & Seniority bonus;
• Gifts and events on festive days of the year;
• Bookster;
• Employee Assistance Program;
• Rewarding program;
• Opportunities for professional growth;
• Online Learning Platform;
• Productive & collaborative atmosphere;
• Social and environmental responsibility.

Ready to have an impact? Apply now!