Software Engineering Lead

JOB PURPOSE

The Software Engineering Lead is responsible for establishing and leading a modern, secure, and sustainable software engineering capability that supports the firm's strategic technology portfolio. The role translates approved business requirements and architecture into maintainable software solutions, integrations, and reusable engineering assets while ensuring the stability and reliability of business-critical applications.

Working closely with the Systems Architect, internal development teams, business stakeholders, and external partners, the role drives the delivery of strategic technology initiatives, including application modernisation, integrations, and digital transformation programmes.

A key responsibility of the role is to embed AI-assisted software engineering practices, leveraging approved AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, reduce technical debt, and enhance developer productivity while maintaining robust governance, security, testing, and human oversight controls.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Software Engineering Leadership

• Lead and mentor software engineers, technical specialists and delivery teams to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Establish software engineering standards, development methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Software Development & Delivery

• Oversee the design, development, testing and deployment of enterprise software solutions.
• Ensure software solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned with business requirements.
• Drive the successful delivery of development initiatives within agreed timelines and quality standards.

Architecture & Application Modernisation

• Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to align software solutions with technology strategy.
• Lead application modernisation initiatives and the migration of legacy systems to modern platforms.
• Ensure software designs support future business growth and technology advancement.

DevOps, Quality & Governance

• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines, release management processes and development standards.
• Drive software quality assurance through testing, code reviews, security assessments and performance monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, security requirements and industry best practices.

AI-Assisted Software Engineering

• Champion the adoption of approved AI-assisted development tools and practices.
• Leverage AI technologies

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
• Relevant Microsoft, Azure, Cloud, DevOps or Agile certifications would be advantageous.

Experience

• 8-12+ years' experience in software engineering, application development and technology delivery.
• 3-5+ years' experience leading software engineering teams and enterprise technology initiatives.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale applications, integrations and digital transformation projects.
• Experience with cloud technologies, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience managing vendors, service providers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• C# and .NET technologies (.NET Core/.NET Framework)
• React and modern front-end development
• REST APIs and enterprise integrations
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud platforms and application modernisation
• AI-assisted software engineering tools and practices.

Key Competencies

Strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, software architecture, problem-solving, people leadership, communication, innovation, delivery management, governance, risk management, quality assurance, continuous improvement, accountability and collaboration.