.NET Lead Engineer Bristol

• This is an opportunity for a driven .Net Lead Engineer to join us and lead the technical delivery of a software engineering team
• You’ll be responsible for leading solution design options and explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making
• Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role
• This role is available as either full time, reduced hours, or part time with a minimum of 28 working hours, and you’ll work from home some of the time, but you’ll also spend at least one day a week working from our Bristol office

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll run a team of developers. You’ll set the technical direction of the deliveries, applying the principles and methodologies of software engineering to the technical design, development, testing, and maintenance of applications and services.

We’ll look to you to take responsibility for the work quality of the software engineering team, making sure that it meets the technical standards for all services output. You’ll also be responsible for implementing a culture of concise and comprehensive technical documentation as a continuous process.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability, and performance, and providing updates to stakeholders
• Supporting and mentoring the team in the understanding of relevant software languages and technical domains
• Driving the adoption of software engineering principles, processes, and best practices
• Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements, and options
• Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance, and high-availability applications using proven frameworks and technologies

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, software design, or database design and architecture, as well as experience in providing technical leadership and accountability for a software engineering team.

We’ll look to you to have experience with test-driven development and the use of automated test frameworks, mocking, stubbing, and unit testing tools, along with knowledge of the key phases of the software delivery lifecycle and established software development methodologies.

You’ll also demonstrate:

• DevOps experience using SCM with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab, Terraform, Ansible, or Helm
• Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability, and performance
• Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
• Solid experience in Microsoft technology with .NET Core and Web framework, MS SQL and REST Microservices
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way