Lead Software Engineer
Anson McCade is looking for a Lead Software Engineer
Job description
Lead Software Engineer (Azure / Node.js) – Contract
Start: ASAP
End date: October 2026
Band: 3
Location: Remote – (Just up to 2 days per month on-site in Nottingham)
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to own the technical delivery of cloud-native, event-driven solutions within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, guiding a team of engineers while ensuring high standards of quality, security, and architectural best practice.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys leading by example and driving technical excellence across enterprise-scale platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage and Azure Service Bus
- Provide hands-on development using Node.js and TypeScript, delivering high-quality, scalable and maintainable code
- Own the technical architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
- Lead and be accountable for the team’s technical delivery, quality and timelines
- Mentor and support engineers through a structured knowledge-sharing and best-practice approach
- Conduct code reviews and enforce quality gates and engineering standards
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps and client stakeholders
- Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, observable and cost-optimised
- Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes
- Travel to Nottingham client site up to 2 days per month
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (Functions, Storage – Blob/Table/Queue, Service Bus)
- Advanced proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
- Proven experience building event-driven and serverless architectures
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and integration patterns
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Secure coding and cloud security principles
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Strong Git-based version control and collaborative workflows
- Proven experience leading engineering teams on enterprise-level projects
Desirable Experience
- Microsoft Dataverse
- Microsoft Power Platform
- Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)
- Azure monitoring and observability tools (Application Insights, Azure Monitor)
- Agile / Scrum delivery environments
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 17-02-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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