Lead Software Engineer

Lead .NET DeveloperLocation: Leeds (hybrid, around 2 days onsite) Salary: Up to £80,000 + benefitsI'm working with a software house that is investing in a brand new development strategy. They want someone who can take ownership of evolving their platforms, modernising their tech stack, and helping to shape a growing engineering function.This is a hands-on lead role where you'll work across multiple products and applications, guide a small existing team, and set the technical direction for new and ongoing projects. There's a lot of freedom to influence how things are built, delivered and supported.What you'll be doingDesigning and developing new applications across a range of platforms and products.Owning the full delivery process including architecture, development, testing, deployment and documentation.Embedding agile ways of working using Scrum and sprint cycles.Shaping a modern Azure environment using C#, .NET, SQL Server, microservices, Kubernetes and Azure App Service.Making sure systems are scalable, secure and easy to monitor.Helping define what the future team looks like and taking a role in its growth.Working with stakeholders to understand needs and shape the technical roadmap.What they're looking forStrong background as a senior or lead-level .NET developer.Skilled in C#, .NET, SQL Server and Azure services.Experience with microservices and ideally Kubernetes.Comfortable working in an agile environment.Some experience making architectural or design decisions.Exposure to a variety of application types and platforms.Understanding of monitoring and observability tooling.Some leadership experience, whether direct line management or mentoring.Confident working with and challenging external suppliers.Practical mindset, comfortable working through legacy and improving things step by step.Why this could be a good moveA brand new role with room to influence decisions and ways of working.Chance to rebuild platforms instead of patching existing ones.Solid support from the wider organisation.Hybrid working from Leeds.Flexible working hours and a friendly team culture.