Senior Software Development Lead

Role Overview

• Lead the design and development of key features, components, and services across the application stack
• Provide hands-on guidance in building scalable applications using React, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Own critical technical decisions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long-term scalability goals
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical challenges and design issues
• Translate business and functional requirements into technical designs and implementation plans
• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and stakeholders to refine requirements and define solution approaches
• Produce and review technical design documentation, API specifications, and architectural artefacts
• Define and enforce coding standards, development best practices, and quality benchmarks
• Conduct code reviews to ensure maintainability, performance, and security compliance
• Ensure adherence to DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding
• Monitor and improve non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience
• Guide and mentor offshore and distributed development teams, ensuring alignment to delivery standards
• Allocate tasks, oversee progress, and provide regular technical direction to team members
• Facilitate knowledge transfer, technical upskilling, and team capability development
• Ensure effective coordination between onshore and offshore teams, managing dependencies and delivery risks
• Work closely with architects, QA teams, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders
• Participate in and contribute to design reviews, sprint planning, and governance forums
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Support Agile delivery processes including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
• Ensure timely and predictable delivery of features aligned with sprint and programme objectives
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Core Technologies
• Front-end: React.js, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript
• Back-end: Node.js (Express.js/NestJS)
• API Development: RESTful services, microservices architecture
• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns (microservices, layered architecture, event-driven systems)
• Experience with scalable and cloud-native solution design
• Knowledge of system integration patterns and API design principles
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Exposure to containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Strong grounding in clean code principles and design patterns (SOLID, DRY)
• Experience with test automation, code quality tools, and static analysis
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Overall experience with strong hands-on development background
• Proven experience in technical leadership or senior development roles
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications in Agile environments
• Exposure to distributed delivery models (onshore/offshore teams)

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Microservices
• MongoDB
• MySQL
• Node.js
• NoSQL
• Postgres
• React
• SQL
• TypeScript

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy
• enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people