Lead Engineer

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements

• A strongly typed backend language such as .NET or Java, paired with front-end capability across JS, Node, and TypeScript.
• Ownership of the full delivery pipeline, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code such as Terraform or equivalent, and testing built in as standard.
• Leadership experience, ideally with a couple of stints at lead level owning a cross-functional team and its outcomes.
• Experience as a staff engineer who has owned technical direction without formally managing people is also relevant.

Responsibilities

• Lead technically and, in most cases, lead people too.
• Own delivery outcomes for a client engagement and set technical direction.
• Work as a full-stack engineer in practice, including backend, front end, infrastructure, and delivery pipeline ownership.
• Work alongside client teams, sometimes fully remote and sometimes on site.
• Travel into London on short notice when a client needs it.

Technologies

• Backend
• CI/CD
• Java
• Terraform
• TypeScript
• ASP.NET
• NodeJS
• JavaScript

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We are hiring for a permanent Lead Technology Consultant role based in London. We work closely with client teams in a mix of remote and on-site settings, and the role requires flexibility to get into London on short notice when needed, with living anywhere up to around two hours out considered suitable.

last updated 36 week of 2026