Lead Senior Software Engineer - Northampton in Northampton

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Job Description

Lead Senior Software Engineer
Location: Northampton

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

We're looking for a Lead Senior Software Engineer to take a central role in shaping, guiding, and delivering our internal and customer-facing software systems. You'll lead a team of developers working on a range of platforms from E-commerce systems to internal tooling and integrations while helping refine our development processes and architecture.

This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development. You'll need strong experience with modern .NET technologies and cloud platforms, alongside the ability to mentor developers, work across departments, and help drive projects forward.

What you'll do:

• Lead a small team of developers, supporting their growth and performance

• Guide the architecture and development of systems in .NET (C#)

• Work across Legacy and modern codebases

• Collaborate with project managers and other departments to align technical work with business goals

• Implement and maintain systems using SQL, APIs, RabbitMQ, Redis, and cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS)

• Help shape and refine our CI/CD pipelines and coding standards

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience in C#/.NET Core

• Experience leading or mentoring developers

• Solid understanding of SQL (PostgreSQL, MSSQL or similar)

• Experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ and caching tools like Redis

• Familiarity with cloud platforms-Azure , AWS also welcome

• Experience working with multiple systems and integrating across platforms

• Confidence working with source control (Git), modern DevOps practices, and deployment pipelines

What you'll get:

• Competitive salary (based on experience)

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off

• Office shutdown over Christmas

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Hybrid working with project-based flexibility

Onsite requirement: Northampton-based office (with remote flexibility depending on project needs).

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