Lead Software Engineer

Lead .NET Engineer

Location: Fully Remote (UK based)

Salary: £80,000 + Bonus

We're looking for a Lead .NET Engineer to join a growing engineering team, taking ownership of technical delivery while also playing a key role in developing the people around them.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys a genuine mix of hands-on development, coaching, and light people management, someone who wants to keep building while helping others grow.

The Role

You'll work across the full software lifecycle, contributing to architecture and development while providing technical leadership to a small team of engineers. You'll be relied on for coaching, mentoring, and supporting the professional development of the team, alongside some line management responsibilities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain scalable .NET applications and services
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, contributing to code, architecture, and design decisions
• Coach and mentor engineers, supporting their technical growth and career development
• Take on line management responsibilities for a small number of team members
• Work within an Agile environment, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate closely with product, QA, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality software
• Champion best practices around code quality, testing, and delivery

What We're Looking For

• Strong experience with C# and .NET in a professional back end environment
• Familiarity with front end development, ideally using TypeScript
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (MariaDB experience welcome)
• Exposure to containerisation technologies such as Docker
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies
• Proven experience mentoring or coaching engineers
• Some experience with line management, or a clear interest in developing into this responsibility
• Strong communication skills and the ability to balance hands-on delivery with leadership duties

To be considered, or to find out more information about the role / business, please apply directly to this advert with your most recent CV.