Lead Full Stack Developer (.NET AND AWS)

Lead Developer

Hybrid

Manchester or Leeds (up to 2 days per week onsite)

Permanent, Full Time

Why this role? Our client is a global SaaS company building platforms that sit at the heart of their business, processing thousands of transactions and connecting users across Europe. Their engineering teams are expanding the next generation of cloud-native systems, designed to be resilient, secure and scalable. This is an opportunity for a Lead Developer to play a pivotal role : setting the technical direction, leading a talented team, and delivering products that are mission-critical to their customers.

What makes this exciting

Take ownership of technical leadership, mentoring engineers while remaining hands-on in the code.

Work with a modern and evolving stack including AWS, Azure, .NET 8, Terraform, React, TypeScript, DynamoDB and event-driven architectures.

Shape the technical roadmap in collaboration with product managers, architects and stakeholders.

Deliver highly-scalable cloud-native solutions used daily by a large professional user base.

Be part of a global organisation with the resources of a market leader and the culture of a fast-moving tech scale-up.

The role

Lead a team of engineers, setting standards, reviewing code and championing best practices.

Collaborate on product strategy and influence architecture and design.

Build secure, performant cloud-based systems using .NET and AWS / Azure.

Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and modern DevOps practices.

Keep pace with emerging technologies and embed innovation into engineering delivery.

Guide the team in Agile ceremonies and ensure delivery balances speed, quality and value.

What youll bring

Strong background in .NET (ideally .NET 8), C# and cloud-native development.

Proven experience leading engineering teams in Agile, product-focused settings.

Ability to design and deliver scalable, secure platforms with privacy-by-design principles.

Expertise with AWS or Azure, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and event-driven systems.

Experience with React, TypeScript and ideally GraphQL or micro-frontends.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The stack youll be working with

Cloud : AWS, Azure

Compute : .NET 8, ECS, Azure VM, Lambda, Azure Functions

Databases : DynamoDB, MS SQL

Messaging : SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Event Grid, Azure Service Bus

Web : React, TypeScript

DevOps : GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines

IAC : Terraform

Useful extras

Docker, microservices and event-driven design.

Test automation frameworks such as Playwright or K6.

Strong CI / CD expertise and knowledge of shift-left testing principles.

Why join? This is a chance to step into a role that blends leadership with hands-on engineering. Youll be shaping platforms used at scale across Europe, guiding talented engineers and influencing both technology and culture. Its an opportunity to make a tangible impact within a global SaaS organisation that combines the stability of a market leader with the pace and modern practices of a scale-up.

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