Details:
- Salary: £100,000 - 130,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Basildon Essex
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Lead Software Product Engineer
East London (Hybrid - 1 day per week)
Up to £130,000 Private Healthcare + Pension
Want to build a product rather than maintain one?
We're partnering with an established engineering and technology business that is making a significant investment in a brand-new software platform to power the next generation of its connected products.
This is a rare opportunity to become the first senior software engineering hire on a greenfield initiative. You'll work closely with senior leadership to define the architecture, build the MVP and shape the long-term direction of both the platform and the future engineering team.
The vision is to create a modern cloud platform that connects smart devices, processes real-time data and delivers valuable insights through scalable software products.
What you'll be doing
* Designing and building a greenfield cloud platform from the ground up
* Developing APIs, backend services and event-driven applications
* Collaborating with hardware and engineering teams to integrate connected devices
* Building scalable solutions for telemetry, analytics and customer-facing applications
* Helping define technical architecture, engineering standards and best practices
* Leveraging AI-assisted development tools where appropriate
* Playing a key role in growing and shaping the software engineering function
We're looking for experience in
* Building software products from concept through to production
* Modern backend development using technologies such as C#, .NET, Java, Kotlin or Python
* Cloud platforms including Azure, AWS or GCP
* Designing APIs, distributed systems or event-driven architectures
* IoT, telemetry, connected devices or real-time data (desirable but not essential)
* Taking ownership of technical decisions while remaining hands-on
What's on offer?
* A genuine greenfield product with real technical ownership
* The opportunity to be the first software engineering hire on a major new initiative
* Work at the intersection of hardware and software
* AI-assisted engineering encouraged
* Significant influence over architecture, product direction and future hiring
* Hybrid working (1 day per week in the South East)
* Up to £130,000 salary plus private healthcare and pension
If you're looking for a role where you can combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership and help build a modern software platform from the ground up, we'd love to tell you more