Senior Software Engineer - .NET, React

Senior/Technical Lead – Cloud & Full-Stack

£70,000 | Hybrid (1–2 days per week in Birmingham)

A specialist engineering and software company at the forefront of rail innovation is hiring a Technical Lead to guide architecture, standards and best practice across a growing product team.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, maintainable software across a modern cloud stack.

The company develops advanced simulation and analytics software used globally to improve rail safety, efficiency and infrastructure planning — saving the industry millions each year and supporting safer passenger and freight transport.

You’ll act as the bridge between product, delivery and engineering — translating requirements into clear, scalable technical solutions while keeping technical debt under control.

• Mentoring & technical leadership

• Lead architecture across Node, React and .NET
• Design scalable SQL/No
  
  SQL data solutions
• Own CI/CD standards and engineering quality
• Reduce technical debt and improve maintainability
• Translate product requirements into technical plans
• Support agile planning, estimation and refinement
• Mentor developers and raise coding standards
• Ensure solutions are secure, testable and observable
• Document architecture and share knowledge

Frontend: React, Type Script

Data: SQL, Mongo

DB / No

SQL

• 5+ years full-stack development
• 2+ years in a senior/lead role
• Experience mentoring engineers
• Strong understanding of scalable cloud architecture
• Experience with distributed systems, security and resilience
• Comfortable being hands‑on in the code
• Enhanced parental leave
• Performance bonus
• Flexible working (core hours 9–3)
• Training & mentoring from senior leadership