Job Title
Lead Software Engineer
Salary
£95,000 – £110,000 + Equity
Company Description
Searchland.co.uk is a high-growth, Fuel Ventures-backed London prop-tech company transforming how businesses leverage property data. Their platform processes terabytes of information with sub-24-hour latency, integrating thousands of data sources and 23m+ planning applications to empower developers, architects, and land agents with real-time, data-driven insights.
Job Description
Join Searchland.co.uk as a hands‑on Lead Software Engineer focusing on building and shipping a complex, data-heavy product. As a senior individual contributor reporting to the CTO, you will own technical problems end-to-end using a modern stack including Next.js and tRPC, translating complex data into actionable intelligence for the UK property market.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Purely IC-focused leadership role where you spend the majority of your time in the codebase without the overhead of people management or endless meetings.
- Exceptional benefits package including an EMI employee share scheme, 37 days of annual leave, and comprehensive Vitality private healthcare coverage for physical and mental wellbeing.
- Unrivaled technical challenge working with one of the UK’s most advanced property data pipelines, processing millions of records with industry-leading speed and accuracy.
What You Will Do
- Write high-quality, production-ready code across the full stack using Next.js, tRPC, React, and Tailwind to build performant, accessible features.
- Own the technical lifecycle of complex projects from discovery through to deployment and monitoring, including PostgreSQL schema design and database migrations.
- Partner with the data team to architect Elasticsearch-driven search and filtering solutions that handle vast datasets with high performance.
The ideal candidate
- Has 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2-3 years operating at a Lead, Staff, or Senior-plus level in a SaaS environment.
- Demonstrates deep proficiency in the core stack: React/Tailwind, Node.js/Next.js/tRPC, and databases including both PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch.
- Possesses the right to work in the UK and a genuine preference for hands-on building over directing others in a fast-moving team.
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