Lead Software Engineer

Full-Stack Engineering Team Lead (.NET, React & Azure)Location: Central London (Pragmatic, milestone-driven hybrid model)Salary: c. £85,000 + bonus & benefitsEmployment Type: Permanent, Full-TimeTeam Size: Inherit a pod of 4, scaling to 10 over the next 12 monthsAbout UsWe are the UK’s largest independent provider of clinical diagnostic and pathology services, backed by a massive, globally listed parent enterprise. While our market stability is absolute, we operate our internal digital transformation pod like a lean, flat-hierarchy tech startup. We are currently undergoing a massive technical revolution to completely automate our national, high-stakes medical logistics and transit data workflows—moving away from legacy manual systems into a real-time, event-driven software ecosystem.The Role: Hands-On Player-CoachWe are looking for a true 70/30 Team Lead. You won't be sitting in boardroom meetings all day; you will be the technical anchor of the pod - spending roughly 70% of your time actively coding and running peer PR reviews, and 30% mentoring developers, running agile delivery ceremonies, and scaling out the local team.Key Responsibilities:Build Phase 1: Lead the greenfield development of our enterprise web and mobile asset-tracking system—effectively creating the "Uber-isation" of medical logistics to track high-stakes data routing right down to the physical parcel in transit.Automate Legacy Pipelines: Architect the microservices and event-driven data workflows necessary to ingest and structure data currently managed across our manual processes and legacy spreadsheets.Scale the Pod: Mentor our tight team of 4 full-stack developers and actively lead hiring initiatives to scale the engineering pod up to 10 over the next year.Own the Architecture: Once the foundational automation layer is delivered, you will have 100% architectural ownership of a completely greenfield product roadmap that we will use to win massive enterprise public sector contracts.Technical & Experience ProfileRequired Technical Stack:Backend: Comprehensive, modern C# .NET Core (.NET 6/7/8) development.Frontend: Commercial full-stack experience building responsive user interfaces natively using React and TypeScript.Cloud & DevOps: Azure cloud ecosystems, serverless Azure Functions, and containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes).Data & Messaging: Enterprise SQL Server, microservice architectures, and asynchronous message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Service Bus).Your Background:On the Tools: You have a proven track record as a Senior Developer or Tech Lead where you have remained heavily hands-on with feature code over the past 2 years.Domain DNA: You are highly comfortable in high-transaction, data-heavy, or heavily regulated environments (e.g., FinTech, E-Commerce, Logistics/Supply Chain, or HealthTech) where data auditing and state management are second nature.Pragmatic Leadership: Experience running sprint refinements, leading Git pull request code reviews, and coaching mid-level developers within an agile environment.