Software Engineering Lead

Company: Tec Partners Recruitment Ltd
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Location: Cardington
Job Description:

Salary: £85,000 – 100,000 per year

Requirements

  • Previous experience leading software delivery within a small engineering team as a Technical Lead, Staff Engineer, Senior Engineer, or similar.
  • Strong hands‑on software engineering background with the ability to contribute throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Experience delivering production software and managing project planning, estimation, and technical risk.
  • Background working within a startup, scale‑up, or other fast‑paced engineering environment.
  • Strong full‑stack development experience, ideally including TypeScript, Node.js, React, and modern web application architecture.
  • Experience with Python and/or C++.
  • Experience working with robotics, industrial automation, manufacturing software, embedded systems, or other software interacting with physical hardware is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning and delivery of software projects, ensuring milestones, priorities, and risks are clearly managed.
  • Manage, mentor, and support a small team of software engineers while fostering technical excellence.
  • Remain hands‑on with development, contributing high‑quality code and conducting thorough code reviews.
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders to provide accurate delivery forecasts and technical guidance.
  • Drive technical decision‑making and ensure engineering efforts align with a cohesive product vision.
  • Support recruitment, team growth, and resource planning as the engineering function expands.
  • Help build software capable of supporting increasingly complex, large‑scale deployments.

Technologies

  • Embedded
  • Hardware
  • Support
  • Python
  • React
  • Robotics
  • TypeScript
  • Web
  • NodeJS
  • C++

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We are an innovative technology business developing software that powers cutting‑edge robotics and automation systems in a real‑world environment. This is a hands‑on leadership role based in London, with 4+ days per week onsite, offering a salary of £85,000 to £100,000 plus equity options. We provide generous annual leave plus bank holidays, private healthcare and dental cover, a pension scheme, and the opportunity to work on genuinely innovative technology with real‑world impact. You will join a collaborative engineering culture with significant autonomy and influence over technical direction, working from a modern London office with access to cutting‑edge hardware and development facilities.

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Posted: July 13th, 2026