Job Title: Technical Lead / Staff Software Engineer//Engineering Lead/Technical Director/Chief Engineer

Salary: £63,000 - £103,000

Location: Manchester

Our client is seeking enthusiastic and proactive individuals to join their growing team. Working in a busy but dynamic environment, you will Join our clients Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. This is a hybrid role with two days in the office in Central London.

Our client has over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And have a deep expertise in a number of areas not limited to but including consumer and manufacturing, defence financial services and transport. With teams that operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, the US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Why consider joining the Digital & Data community

• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesnt align with what you want to do.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same

Tech stack required ideally:

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, you can expect to work with the following technologies to ensure scalable, high-performance applications:

• Programming Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#
• Frameworks: Vue/Angular/React/Node/Next, Spring/Spring Boot, .NET/ASP.NET
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• CI/CD:Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep
• Pragmatic and safe usage of AI through the SDLC (e.g. using MCP to combine tools in interesting and effective ways)

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Experience in managing and technically leading a software engineering team
• Soft-skills to interact with clients, demonstrating credibility in technology and overall delivery
• Proven capability in shaping the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases.
• Ability to implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies.
• Enhance system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times.
• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event-driven architecture and platform migration.
• Experience providing technical subject matter expertise to shape bids and client proposals. Can present proposed approaches and discuss technical implementation with prospective clients during the sales process

You are required to be able to work in the UK full time without restriction and be eligible forSC clearance.If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Full stack Senior & Lead Software Engineer

Hybrid Full time Manchester

50,000- 90,000

Overview

We are hiring across both Senior and Lead Full Stack Software Engineer levels to join high-performing engineering teams delivering complex digital transformation programmes across public sector projects.

These roles offer the opportunity to work on large-scale, cloud-based systems where you will help shape architecture, lead delivery, and build services that have real-world impact.

Both roles are hands-on engineering positions, with increasing levels of technical ownership, leadership, and architectural responsibility depending on level.

Senior vs Lead

Senior Software Engineer

• Own delivery of key services or components across the full lifecycle
• Contribute to architecture and design within a wider technical team
• Build and deliver scalable cloud-based applications
• Support planning, estimation, and technical problem solving
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team capability
• Strong hands-on engineering focus with growing technical leadership

Lead Software Engineer

• Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of complex services or systems
• Define technical direction and engineering standards
• Take accountability for system design, scalability, security, and performance
• Lead technical decision-making across teams or workstreams
• Provide technical assurance and guide engineering delivery quality
• Engage with stakeholders on technical solutions and strategy

Core Responsibilities (Both Levels)

• Design and deliver scalable, secure cloud-based systems
• Work across .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Build microservices and serverless architectures
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Work in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD)
• Support continuous improvement of engineering standards
• Mentor and support engineers across the team
• Contribute to planning, estimation, and risk management

About You

Essential Experience

• Strong Full Stack Engineering background (5+ years)
• Experience delivering complex, scalable digital services
• Cloud experience
• Strong understanding of microservices and modern architecture patterns
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins, Terraform)
• Experience mentoring or leading others (level dependent)

Our client, an award-winning EAP and OH provider, is looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer to join a purpose-driven tech team that creates solutions making a real difference in people’s lives. This is more than just a job, it’s a chance to shape systems that support employee wellbeing in businesses across the UK & Ireland.

The Role

As a Senior Backend Developer, you’ll be a founding member of a newly formed cross-functional engineering team. You’ll play a key role in setting the tone for the team’s culture, practices, and success. Your technical expertise will shape our architecture and support business-critical applications.

This is a highly collaborative role for someone with a passion for software craftsmanship and continuous improvement. Using your 5+ years of backend development experience, you’ll enhance core product features, design scalable systems, and work closely with relevant stakeholders to deliver technical solutions that drive real value.

Beyond your individual contributions, you’ll mentor junior developers, champion best practices, and drive meaningful improvements in our development processes and tools. This is an opportunity to make a real impact; both through the systems you build and the team culture you help shape.

As a Senior Backend Developer, your key responsibilities include;

• Enhance features and functionality of core products
• Design and implement scalable backend systems using C# (.NET 5+ preferred)
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using TDD/BDD principles
• Create and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Collaborate with POs, BAs, and stakeholders to define solutions
• Mentor junior developers and promote best practices
• Drive improvements in development processes and tools

What you’ll bring

You’re an experienced backend developer with a solid foundation in modern software engineering practices. You understand what it takes to build systems that scale and you’re comfortable working across the full development lifecycle; from design and implementation through testing and deployment. Strong communication skills come naturally to you, and you thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and continuous learning are part of the culture.

Technical expertise:

• Proficiency in C#, .NET (preferably .NET 6+), and SQL Server
• Strong grasp of SOLID principles and object-oriented programming
• Experience with Git, unit testing frameworks (NUnit), and API development
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and agile methodologies
• A genuine desire to grow and evolve within a dynamic team

Why Join?

This is an incredible opportunity to make your mark in a company that prioritises purpose, innovation, and professional growth. You’ll be part of a team where your ideas are welcomed, your development is encouraged, and your work truly matters.

Ready to build something that helps others - and builds your career in the process? Apply today.

About the company:

This is a truly service-led business and the industry-leading EAP and OH provider - recognised as a Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work’ organisation. With an unrivalled track record of strong year-on-year growth, they support over 80,000 organisations and 13 million lives across the UK and Ireland.

As part of a global group with 14 operating companies and circa 500m turnover, there’s substantial financial backing for continued expansion, including acquisition and international development. This isn’t just a job - it’s a platform for exceptional career advancement with a business that’s going places.

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.

Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing an award-wining, Software provider based in the heart of Manchester, providing people solutions to over 50,000 clients worldwide.

In this role our client is looking for a candidate that possess an ability to work in cross-functional product teams, in a truly agile way, delivering small increments of value to our customers very frequently. An Ideal candidate would have experience of REST, JSON and how to build clean architecture with TDD and BDD for mobile platforms.

The ideal candidate will have a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude, with a thirst for knowledge and the ability communicate knowledge effectively and work within a team.

Key Responsibilities/Skills:

• Ensure that the initiative has a coherent Definition of Done and that your features are met.
• Able to communicate a complicated problem succinctly accurately and coherently to a team with different skill sets.
• Exhibit cross functional behaviour and support other competencies within the company.
• Able to negotiate and compromise solutions and find the balance between best practice, expediency and longer-term maintenance costs.
• Demonstrate, discuss and permeate current good practice in the skills specific to your professional family across other members of your professional family.
• Propose new technology, process or tooling to improve efficiency being aware of the future maintenance costs and consistency across other product teams.
• You make realistic commitments that you are confident of meeting and strive to do so.
• Maintain and improve engineering practice.
• Maintain and improve software quality for features built (TDD, Pairing, Peer Review, Static Analysis)
• Support the product owner and Development Lead in the provision of estimates that are at an appropriate level of fidelity for the phase in the development lifecycle.
• Support the QA in identifying describing and resolving defects.
• Support the BA in the elaboration of requirements.
• You take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of delivery from idea, marketing, sales and operation.
• Manage your own training requirements.
• Attend industry events and share the value with your

Benefits:

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Day off on your birthday.
• Holidays increase after 2- and 5-years’ service.
• Pension Plan and Life Insurance.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme.
• Company incentives, access to discount schemes.
• Profit Share Scheme.

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Lead Engineer Enterprise SaaS Platform £80,000 £85,000 + 20% Bonus + Benefits
Hybrid Manchester (2 days per week)
The Opportunity We are partnered with a high-growth enterprise SaaS organisation delivering large-scale, cloud-native platforms used across a complex, multi-product ecosystem.
This is a hands-on Lead Engineer role sitting at the heart of a modern product engineering function. You will take ownership of critical platform services, lead a high-performing team, and play a key role in shaping the technical direction of systems that operate at real scale.
Youll be working in an environment that prioritises:

• Modern engineering standards
• Cloud-native architecture
• Event-driven systems
• Continuous delivery at pace

This is not a legacy environment. This is a business actively investing in engineering as a competitive advantage.
The Role As a Lead Engineer, you will combine technical leadership with hands-on delivery, guiding a team of engineers while remaining close to the code and architecture.
You will:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting the standard for engineering quality
• Design and build scalable, resilient, cloud-native systems
• Collaborate with Product and Architecture to define technical direction
• Drive best practices across CI/CD, testing, and modern software engineering
• Take ownership of system performance, reliability, and scalability
• Contribute to architectural decisions across a distributed, service-based platform

Technology Environment Youll be working within a modern Microsoft-focused stack, including:

• C# / .NET (latest versions)
• Azure (cloud-native services, managed infrastructure)
• SQL & data-driven architectures
• Event-driven and distributed systems
• RESTful APIs and microservices
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
• React / TypeScript (desirable, not essential)

What Were Looking For

• Proven experience in a Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer stepping into leadership role
• Strong background in .NET and cloud-based architecture (Azure preferred)
• Experience building scalable, distributed systems in a SaaS environment
• Comfortable leading teams while remaining hands-on technically
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, DevOps)
• Ability to influence technical direction and collaborate across product and architecture

Why This Role

• High-impact position within a scaling SaaS platform
• Opportunity to shape engineering standards and technical direction
• Work on complex, real-world systems at scale
• Strong engineering culture with genuine investment in technology
• Clear progression into Principal / Head of Engineering pathways

Package

• £75,000 £85,000 base salary
• 20% annual bonus
• Competitive benefits package
• Hybrid working Manchester (2 days per week)

Senior/Lead Software Engineer (Java)PermanentManchester-based (Hybrid with 3 days in the office)Salary DOE - £95,000 - £145,000 + attractive benefits + bonus

The client is continuing to scale their engineering presence in the UK as part of a broader US-UK expansion. They have recently closed another deal in Greater Manchester, and this is one of the first hires for a team that is expected to grow quite quickly.

This is a role for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Back End development with Java as the primary language. It involves improving and extending existing systems, with the possibility of building new interfaces while ensuring the platform continues to scale effectively.

Essential Skills

• Strong Back End engineer; AI development is not a core requirement.
• Java, SQL, AWS
• Can clearly articulate deep system-design thinking, especially around architectural trade-offs, scalability, caching, and how design decisions evolve in practice
• Tooling: Cursor, Claude Code (used, but not the focus)
• React is beneficial but not essential
• There will be Backend-heavy work
• Interfaces, frameworks, infrastructure pipelines
• Provider integrations and APIs
• Brownfield development and Legacy plumbing
• Solving scaling and growth-related problems

Responsibilities

• Initial focus is as a senior individual contributor, with strong technical ownership however they can also be a team lead as this role could move into a team lead position.
• Candidates who have experience in larger SaaS or software environments, and who have seen where systems or teams begin to strain at scale, are particularly attractive.

Working Pattern

• Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office is the minimum
• Agile delivery environment.
• Strong emphasis on practical impact rather than theory.

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) | Manchester, Hybrid | £55,000 - £65,000

Overview

We’re supporting a growing, tech company in their search for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the evolution of their platform. This role suits someone who enjoys building robust applications, influencing technical direction, and working closely with cross-functional teams.

The Role

You’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving a modern web platform, ensuring it is secure, scalable, and built to a high standard. Working alongside product and design, you’ll contribute to technical decisions and help deliver new features in a structured, efficient way.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards across the codebase, focusing on performance, security, and maintainability
• Collaborate with designers and product teams to deliver technically sound solutions
• Contribute to architectural improvements and technical direction
• Support delivery of complex features from planning through to deployment
• Ensure systems are well-tested, monitored, and reliable in production
• Take ownership of your work and support continuous improvement
• Mentor and support other engineers within the team
• Actively contribute within an Agile/SCRUM environment

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong TypeScript & Node.js skills
• Strong experience with React
• Proven experience in API development
• AWS Experience
• Experience building single-page applications (SPA) and applying progressive enhancement principles
• Strong CSS knowledge
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices
• Experience working with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD)
• Experience working within a cross-functional product development team

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• New tech provided

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) | Manchester, Hybrid | £55,000 - £65,000

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Are you a Senior / Lead .NET Software Developer who is keen to work for a Certified B Corp? Are you keen to use your Full Stack Development skills to create bespoke lending solutions that help UK homeowners build long-term financial wellbeing? We re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help shape the future of our technology platform. You will lead and inspire a talented team while remaining hands-on with architecture and delivery. You ll play a pivotal role in designing, building and evolving resilient, high-performance systems using the Microsoft stack, working across C#, .NET, SQL, Azure and modern front-end technologies such as React, JavaScript and TypeScript. If you have a passion for emerging technologies, DevOps, cloud platforms, this is the role for you Role: Lead Software Developer, Senior .NET Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, Senior Full Stack Developer, Full Stack Developer, Senior Developer Location: Manchester Hybrid working is in place Salary: up to £70k base salary + awesome benefits Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, your birthday off every year, a healthcare cash plan, pension contributions matched up to 5%, life assurance, long service awards and a cycle to work scheme. Sound like something you are keen to be a part of? CLICK APPLY and send through a copy of a CV.

• Senior/Lead Software Engineer
• Hybrid-working - South Manchester
• Permanent - £65,000 to £80,000 per year
• Plus an excellent company benefits package

The Opportunity:

A well-established digital consultancy delivering complex technology solutions is looking for a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team.

This role will suit an experienced engineer who enjoys leading technical delivery, solving complex problems and building scalable cloud-based applications.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design and deliver high-quality software solutions for large organisations tackling complex challenges.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of scalable full-stack applications (.NET or Java or Python, plus modern JavaScript libraries)
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
• Collaborate with architects, delivery teams and stakeholders
• Ensure solutions follow engineering best practices and high-quality standards
• Contribute to architecture, design decisions and technical strategy

Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Software Engineer
• Background in modern full-stack development
• Experience building cloud-hosted or distributed systems
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices and Agile delivery
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

Applications:

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology.

Lead Software Engineer | Node.js | Education Software | up to £80,000 + shares Our client is an EdTech/SaaS company building an advanced digital learning platform focused on immersive and interactive educational experiences. As the platform continues to evolve across the UK and US, they are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to play a key role in shaping backend systems, architecture, and engineering standards within a small, collaborative engineering team. The Role: This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced engineer with strong expertise in Node.js. You’ll work closely with mobile, Unity, and senior engineers, partnering with the Technical Product Lead to ensure predictable delivery and strong engineering discipline. This role is not people‑management focused, but requires clear technical leadership, mentoring, and influence across engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Lead backend engineering across the platform, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability Act as the senior hands-on engineer for Node.js backend development Collaborate closely with Unity, mobile, and client-side teams to ensure backend services reliably support immersive, content‑rich experiences Own API design and server-side architecture, building scalable, well-documented services Drive backend delivery processes, workflow optimisation, CI/CD, and deployment best practices Develop integrations with external services, including AI-driven functionality Own backend cloud environments and data flows, proactively identifying performance, scalability, and reliability risks Support onboarding of future engineers and contribute to long-term backend technical strategyAbout You Strong commercial experience as a developer, focusing on Node.js development Confident designing backend architectures and APIs for cloud-native platforms Interest or experience integrating AI-powered or data-driven services Comfortable communicating technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Hands-on, proactive, and pragmatic, with high standards for code quality and deliverySalary & Benefits £70,000 – £80,000 + shares (£100k–£112k total package) Hybrid working – 3 days onsite in Manchester, 2 days from home 23 days holiday + bank holidays (negotiable)

Senior/Lead Software Engineer \* Hybrid-working – South Manchester \* Permanent - £65,000 to £80,000 per year \* Plus an excellent company benefits package The Opportunity: A well-established digital consultancy delivering complex technology solutions is looking for a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team. This role will suit an experienced engineer who enjoys leading technical delivery, solving complex problems and building scalable cloud-based applications. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design and deliver high-quality software solutions for large organisations tackling complex challenges. Role and Responsibilities: \* Lead the design and development of scalable full-stack applications (.NET or Java or Python, plus modern JavaScript libraries) \* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams \* Collaborate with architects, delivery teams and stakeholders \* Ensure solutions follow engineering best practices and high-quality standards \* Contribute to architecture, design decisions and technical strategy Skills and Experience: \* Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Software Engineer \* Background in modern full-stack development \* Experience building cloud-hosted or distributed systems \* Strong understanding of software engineering best practices and Agile delivery \* Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders Applications: Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology

Lead Engineer Enterprise SaaS Platform £80,000 £85,000 + 20% Bonus + Benefits

Hybrid Manchester (2 days per week)

The Opportunity We are partnered with a high-growth enterprise SaaS organisation delivering large-scale, cloud-native platforms used across a complex, multi-product ecosystem.

This is a hands-on Lead Engineer role sitting at the heart of a modern product engineering function. You will take ownership of critical platform services, lead a high-performing team, and play a key role in shaping the technical direction of systems that operate at real scale.

Youll be working in an environment that prioritises:

Modern engineering standards

Cloud-native architecture

Event-driven systems

Continuous delivery at pace

This is not a legacy environment. This is a business actively investing in engineering as a competitive advantage.

The Role As a Lead Engineer, you will combine technical leadership with hands-on delivery , guiding a team of engineers while remaining close to the code and architecture.

You will:

Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting the standard for engineering quality

Design and build scalable, resilient, cloud-native systems

Collaborate with Product and Architecture to define technical direction

Drive best practices across CI/CD, testing, and modern software engineering

Take ownership of system performance, reliability, and scalability

Contribute to architectural decisions across a distributed, service-based platform

Technology Environment Youll be working within a modern Microsoft-focused stack , including:

C# / .NET (latest versions)

Azure (cloud-native services, managed infrastructure)

SQL & data-driven architectures

Event-driven and distributed systems

RESTful APIs and microservices

CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)

React / TypeScript (desirable, not essential)

What Were Looking For Proven experience in a Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer stepping into leadership role

Strong background in .NET and cloud-based architecture (Azure preferred)

Experience building scalable, distributed systems in a SaaS environment

Comfortable leading teams while remaining hands-on technically

Strong understanding of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, DevOps)

Ability to influence technical direction and collaborate across product and architecture

Why This Role High-impact position within a scaling SaaS platform

Opportunity to shape engineering standards and technical direction

Work on complex, real-world systems at scale

Strong engineering culture with genuine investment in technology

Clear progression into Principal / Head of Engineering pathways

Package £75,000 £85,000 base salary

20% annual bonus

Competitive benefits package

Hybrid working Manchester (2 days per week)

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Great opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to work for a retail company near Manchester at the beginning of a digital transformation.

You’d report to the Head of Engineering and would work as part of a team of Principal Software Engineers responsible for collaborating with Architects and Product Owners to lead the re-architecture of existing platforms to a cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architecture.

Whilst there is no line management, you’d have full technical overview for your product domain including technology vision, strategy, workload and quality governance of the squads within it.

Skills:

• TypeScript, Node, React
• AWS, Lambdas
• Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Observability
• CI/CD

The money is good too - up to £90k plus benefits including 10% annual bonus, pension, private healthcare and flexible working.

If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.

Principal Software Engineer £100,000 £110,000 + 30% bonus + car allowance (up to £9,000)

Hybrid Manchester (central)

Were partnered with a large-scale SaaS enterprise building out a high-performing engineering function at the heart of a major platform transformation.

This is a Principal-level role within an elite engineering team (Arete) a group of highly capable engineers brought together to solve the most complex technical challenges across the platform.

The role This is not a step away from engineering. Its the opposite.

80% hands-on engineering designing, building, and solving complex problems at scale

20% leadership guiding and elevating a team of Principal Engineers

Driving architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction across multiple product areas

Tackling high-complexity, high-impact work that sits outside the scope of standard squads

Youll operate as a technical authority , influencing how systems are designed, built, and evolved across the organisation.

What makes this different Youre working alongside other Principals , not carrying the standard lone architect burden

A dedicated team focused on solving the hardest problems , not BAU delivery

Real ownership of engineering quality, scalability, and long-term platform direction

Backed by a business making serious, long-term investment in technology

What were looking for Deep expertise in C# / .NET (Core/modern)

Strong experience building distributed, scalable systems

Cloud-first mindset ( Azure ideally )

Proven ability to operate at Principal level influencing beyond your immediate team

Comfortable leading and mentoring high-calibre engineers

Someone who still loves being hands-on and close to the code

Why this role This is a rare opportunity to step into a true Principal position where:

You remain deeply technical

You help shape engineering at scale

You work with other top-tier engineers

You contribute to a platform transformation that genuinely matters

If youre operating at Principal level or ready to step into it this is the kind of role that doesnt come around often.

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Principal Software Engineer

£100,000 £110,000 + 30% bonus + car allowance (up to £9,000)
Hybrid Manchester (central)

Were partnered with a large-scale SaaS enterprise building out a high-performing engineering function at the heart of a major platform transformation.

This is a Principal-level role within an elite engineering team (Arete) a group of highly capable engineers brought together to solve the most complex technical challenges across the platform.

The role

This is not a step away from engineering. Its the opposite.

• 80% hands-on engineering designing, building, and solving complex problems at scale
• 20% leadership guiding and elevating a team of Principal Engineers
• Driving architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction across multiple product areas
• Tackling high-complexity, high-impact work that sits outside the scope of standard squads

Youll operate as a technical authority, influencing how systems are designed, built, and evolved across the organisation.

What makes this different

• Youre working alongside other Principals, not carrying the standard lone architect burden
• A dedicated team focused on solving the hardest problems, not BAU delivery
• Real ownership of engineering quality, scalability, and long-term platform direction
• Backed by a business making serious, long-term investment in technology

What were looking for

• Deep expertise in C# / .NET (Core/modern)
• Strong experience building distributed, scalable systems
• Cloud-first mindset (Azure ideally)
• Proven ability to operate at Principal level influencing beyond your immediate team
• Comfortable leading and mentoring high-calibre engineers
• Someone who still loves being hands-on and close to the code

Why this role

This is a rare opportunity to step into a true Principal position where:

• You remain deeply technical
• You help shape engineering at scale
• You work with other top-tier engineers
• You contribute to a platform transformation that genuinely matters

If youre operating at Principal level or ready to step into it this is the kind of role that doesnt come around often.

Software Engineering Manager Lead a Talented Tech Team Hybrid Manchester

Are you ready to take the reins of a high-performing engineering team at a fast-growing, forward-thinking company?

We’re looking for a hands-off, people-focused Software Engineering Leader to inspire and guide a team of brilliant, multi-skilled engineers. You’ll be at the heart of driving innovation, building robust, scalable digital consumer products that impact thousands if not millions of users.

This isn t your typical management role. We’re seeking a true technical leader someone with the experience, empathy, and strategic vision to grow a top-tier engineering function. You ll work alongside highly skilled senior engineers and help shape a tech culture built on trust, autonomy, and continuous improvement. We don t expect you to code, but you ll be managing engineers who build with cutting-edge tech to solve complex challenges. Think scalable systems, slick user experiences, modern DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure that can handle millions of requests.

Skills Required-

Leadership & Influence You know how to bring out the best in engineers. You ve led high-performing teams, built trust quickly, and created environments where engineers thrive.

Technical Background You ve walked the path of a software or data engineer. You can speak the language of modern architecture, OOP, TDD, CI/CD, and cloud-native development (AWS ideally).

Engineering Best Practices You drive clean code, robust testing, and elegant automation. Agile, DevOps, and product-driven development are second nature to you.

The company -

Values are simple but powerful:

• Zero politics Just kind, smart people working together.
• Down-to-earth No egos here. We work hard and support one another.
• High standards We re proud of what we build and how we build it.
• Flexibility & Fairness Work where and how you do your best. We trust you.

Hybrid Working Manchester Based- 2 days per week

Great opportunity for a Dev Team Lead to join a SaaS scale-up in Manchester.

Since their inception in 2015 this company has grown from start-up to scale-up, they now employ almost 200 people and have over 50,000 clients using their software around the world.

The technology department is made up of product teams responsible for developing a suite of cloud based, web and mobile apps. Each team is cross-functional and works in a truly agile way, delivering small increments of value to their customers very frequently.

This role sits in the team responsible for developing their flagship software platform and as a Dev Team Lead, you’ll be given the opportunity to lead a team that build, test and ship super-fast in an environment where people value engineering best practice, pairing and continuous improvement.

Skills:

• C#, .NET, REST APIs
• TypeScript, React
• Azure Cloud - Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, CosmosDB
• TDD, CI/CD, SOLID

The money is good too – up to £80k plus benefits for the right person.

If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.

The Opportunity:

Our client is looking for a seasoned Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership across high-value mission-critical digital services within the public sector.

This is a senior level position where you will be involved in hands-on development as well as team management to steer multi-disciplinary development teams for large-scale digital transformation programmes.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience leading Full Stack Engineering teams with advanced capabilities in .NET, Java, or Python, along with exposure to modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and elevating delivery quality through structured coaching.
• Strong client-facing acumen with the ability to advise on strategic technology direction.
• Delivery leadership within Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD, etc.)
• Hands-on experience architecting scalable secure cloud solutions on AWS and/or Azure
• A consulting or software house background is also highly desirable

Role and Responsibilities:

• The Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership across high-value, mission-critical digital services within the public sector. This is a senior strategically influential role where you will take full accountability for complex solution architectures, steer multi-disciplinary delivery teams, and set the engineering agenda for large-scale digital transformation programmes
• Operating in a technology-agnostic environment you will leverage a broad modern tech stack across .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS, Azure and contemporary JavaScript frameworks
• Provide coaching and leadership, supporting the long-term development of engineers across the business

Applications:

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?

Company Description

Detectronic, based in Nelson, Lancashire, is a UK specialist in wastewater and sewer network monitoring systems. The company designs, manufactures, and installs flow, level, and water-quality monitoring equipment used by water utilities and industrial customers to prevent flooding, reduce pollution, and improve environmental compliance

Job Description

Software Development Lead
Hybrid with Travel to Nelson
Permanent, full-time
Competitive salary, Bonus plus benefits

We are seeking an experiencedSoftware Development Lead with deep expertise in IoT systems, cloud-native development on AWS, data ingestion pipelines, and API development. You will design and build the backend services that support our connected IoT devices-managing secure device communication, high-volume data ingress, and the APIs that power our applications and customer experiences.

This role is ideal for an engineer passionate about building scalable systems that bridge the physical and digital worlds.

More about the role:

IoT Platform Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services that support large fleets of IoT devices.
• Work extensively with AWS IoT Core, MQTT messaging, Device Shadow, and secure device provisioning.
• Build and optimise IoT communication flows including telemetry, event handling, command/control, and device state management.

Data Ingress & Telemetry Pipelines

• Architect and operate real-time IoT data ingestion pipelines handling telemetry, logs, and events from thousands of devices.
• Implement processing workflows using Kinesis, Lambda, SQS, Kafka, Step Functions, or similar.
• Ensure data quality, schema governance, and reliability across ingestion and downstream data consumers.

API Development

• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs supporting device management, device data retrieval, and user-facing features.
• Ensure APIs are secure, highly available, and performant at scale.
• Define API standards and patterns for internal and external consumers.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Design cloud-native systems using AWS services such as API Gateway, DynamoDB, Timestream, S3, ECS/EKS, and CloudFormation/CDK.
• Implement observability across all IoT workloads using CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, or related tools.
• Drive cost optimisation and reliability across IoT cloud infrastructure.

Security & Device Trust

• Implement strong IoT security practices including certificate-based auth, encryption, least-privilege IAM, and secure onboarding flows.
• Support secure OTA updates, fleet management, and device lifecycle operations.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead architecture discussions and mentor mid-level and junior engineers.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and cross-functional roadmap planning.
• Collaborate closely with product, firmware/embedded teams, and data engineering.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Backend or platform engineering experience, ideally with IoT or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in AWS, especially AWS IoT Core, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API Gateway.
• Proficiency in languages such as Python, Node.js, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with MQTT and event-driven IoT architectures.
• Proven ability to build and scale data ingestion pipelines.
• Experience building secure, high-performance APIs for internal and external use.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud design patterns, and microservices.

Nice to Have

• Experience with edge/embedded integrations (e.g., AWS Greengrass).
• Familiarity with time-series databases (Timestream, InfluxDB, Timescale).
• Knowledge of digital twins, device simulation, or industrial IoT protocols.
• Containerization experience with Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes/EKS.
• Exposure to OTA update workflows, remote diagnostics, or fleet management tools.

Additional Information

What we can offer you:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
• Company pension
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary)
• Medicare Cash Plan (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependants
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and career progression opportunities

Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.

Great opportunity for a Tech Lead to join a private equity backed tech company in Manchester as they scale in 2026.

This is a people leadership role where you’d work alongside a Product Owner to lead an autonomous cross-functional team responsible for all aspects of the systems they work on, from design through to deployment and supporting them in production.

Each squad decides the methodologies and practices they use, and the business has created an experimental culture, including being early adopters of AI in their engineering process and starting to build agentic systems.

The existing group are very open minded; they value teamwork over individual heroics and focus on engineering best practice like TDD, CI/CD and Pair Programming.

Skills:

• C#, .NET, React
• REST APIs, Microservices, Event Driven Systems
• AWS, Terraform, Docker
• CI/CD, TDD, Pair Programming

The money is good too – up to £80k plus benefits including hybrid working (3 days per week in Manchester).

If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.

Lead Full Stack Engineer (Java, AWS, Angular) (MarTech / Data Analytics)

Manchester, Hybrid (3 days onsite) | No sponsorship available

We’re partnering with a leading global investment organisation to find an experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering next-generation digital and marketing technology platforms.

This is a hands-on leadership role-ideal for someone who still enjoys coding while leading from the front. You’ll combine deep technical expertise across Java, AWS, and modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular) with strong leadership capability and a passion for data-driven, customer-centric platforms.

Role Overview

• Lead design and delivery of full stack, microservices-based solutions (Java, Angular, AWS)
• Stay hands-on with coding while setting technical direction and standards
• Drive MarTech initiatives across Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), and Adobe Target
• Work closely with marketing and product teams to deliver data-driven, scalable solutions
• Own architecture, CI/CD, TDD, and engineering best practices
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical challenges

What We’re Looking For

• Current Lead Engineer with strong hands-on full stack experience
• Expertise in Java, JavaScript (Angular), and AWS
• Experience in microservices, APIs, and cloud-native architecture
• Exposure to Adobe MarTech stack (AEM, AEP, Target)
• Background in or strong interest in data analytics / data-driven platforms
• Strong communicator, comfortable leading cross-functional teams

Why This Role?

• True hands-on leadership-no stepping away from engineering
• Work with a modern tech stack in a cloud-first environment
• High visibility role with real impact on customer experience and digital transformation
• Opportunity to shape MarTech strategy and data capabilities
• Collaborative, mission-driven environment with strong engineering standards

Excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress in a hands on Leadership role.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.