Contract Technical Lead / Engineering Manager

Salary: £39,000 - 70,500 per year

Requirements

• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on development experience with C# / .NET.
• Experience with modern cloud technologies, ideally Azure.
• Understanding of software architecture, APIs, and scalable systems.
• Experience delivering projects within Agile environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• CI/CD and DevOps practices are desirable.
• Experience with microservices or distributed systems is desirable.
• System integration experience is desirable.
• Experience mentoring developers and supporting engineering career development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement.
• Remain hands-on with software development, contributing to coding, technical reviews, and solution design.
• Provide technical leadership across applications, platforms, and engineering practices.
• Support delivery of projects from concept through to implementation, managing priorities, risks, and dependencies.
• Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and technical teams to translate requirements into effective solutions.
• Improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards.
• Champion Agile ways of working and support effective team collaboration.

Technologies

• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• microservices
• ASP.NET

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We are a growing technology team offering a 6-month contract with the option to go permanent or extend. This is a remote/hybrid opportunity inside IR35 for an experienced Engineering Lead / Software Development Manager who enjoys balancing people leadership with hands-on engineering and making a genuine impact on technology delivery.

last updated 28 week of 2026