About this role
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 would be highly desirable. Responsibilities: We lead the planning and delivery of software projects, ensuring milestones, priorities and risks are clearly managed.We manage, mentor and support a small team of software engineers while fostering technical excellence.We remain hands-on with development, contributing high-quality code and conducting thorough code reviews.We work closely with senior stakeholders to provide accurate delivery forecasts and technical guidance.We drive technical decision-making and ensure engineering efforts align towards a cohesive product vision.We support recruitment, team growth and resource planning as the engineering function expands.We help build software capable of supporting increasingly complex, large-scale deployments. Technologies: EmbeddedHardwareSupportPythonReactRoboticsTypeScriptWebNodeJSC++ More:
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 competitive salary of £85,000 to £100,000 plus equity options, generous annual leave, private healthcare and dental cover, a pension scheme, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge hardware and development facilities. Youll join a collaborative engineering culture with significant autonomy and influence over technical direction, helping shape a next-generation software platform with real-world impact.
last updated 29 week of 2026