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Burns Sheehan Linkedin · Posted 2d ago

Lead Engineer

United Kingdom

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Lead Software Engineer (.NET / Azure / AWS)

Location: hybrid, Manchester

Salary- £80,000 - £90,000

We’re working with a fast-growing technology business that is scaling its platform and looking for a Lead Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across key product areas.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll continue to write code, influence architecture, support engineering standards, and manage a small team of engineers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of backend services and APIs using C# and .NET Core.
  • Own technical decisions around REST APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud integrations.
  • Work across Azure and AWS environments, including App Service, Functions, Service Bus, Blob Storage, and EventBridge.
  • Drive engineering quality through testing, code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and best practices.
  • Support and mentor a small team of engineers through regular feedback, coaching, and development conversations.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, technical documentation, and engineering improvements.

What we’re looking for

  • Strong experience with C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core Web API, and Entity Framework Core.
  • Proven experience building scalable APIs and event-driven systems.
  • Strong SQL Server / Azure SQL experience.
  • Experience with Azure services and familiarity with AWS.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, Git, and code reviews.
  • Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers.
  • Comfortable making architectural decisions and balancing delivery with technical quality.
  • Experience using AI tools to improve software development efficiency.

Nice to have:

  • Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
  • Cross-cloud integrations (AWS EventBridge and Azure Service Bus).
  • Familiarity with PHP or legacy .NET Framework applications.

Why join?

An opportunity to join a growing technology business where you’ll have real influence over engineering direction, team development, and the future of the platform.

if you are interested, please reach out direct, to [email protected]

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