About this role
Scotland based | Hybrid
C£100k + Benefits
c5yrs hands on JavaScript & TypeScript full stack, this is non-negotiable
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing, UK-based SaaS company whose products sit at the heart of many B2B sales and marketing teams. They're scaling quickly, shipping daily, and looking for technical leads / principal engineers and/or technically minded software development managers who can help found a Scottish chapter of their UK engineering team.
The Opportunity
This is a technical leadership role for someone who wants to shape a product from first design conversation through to code running in production while staying close to the build the whole way. You'll move fluidly between hands-on delivery and architectural decision-making, working across a modern stack and deploying multiple times a day. You will be challenged to experiment and champion AI, where currently almost 80% of code is agent generated . If you want influence over how things are built, not just what gets built, this is worth a conversation.
Please note: Candidates must be Scottish based and have the right to work in the UK. Please note that Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
What You'll Be Doing
- Partner with stakeholders on solution design, scoping and system architecture from the earliest conversations.
- De-risk uncertain areas of a design through spikes and proof-of-concepts before committing the team to a direction.
- Experimenting responsibly with AI, choosing your tooling and how it is utilised.
- Work with initiative managers to break ambitious ideas into deliverable epics and stories.
- Turn user stories into production code as a high-performing individual contributor and as lead developer and embedded architect.
- Champion the quality, maintainability and operability of everything you and the team ship (fellow engineers and agentic agents).
- Stay close to the product in production, supporting it and resolving issues as they arise.
- Shape ongoing design, architecture and implementation decisions as the platform evolves.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years' full stack software development experience, with genuine technical leadership under your belt.
- 5+ years' fluency in JavaScript and TypeScript full stack, this is non-negotiable.
- Strong grasp of system design and domain modelling, with a commercial mindset behind every technical decision.
- A track record of clean code, SOLID principles and thoughtful design patterns.
- Broad full stack experience, ideally gained building large-scale SaaS platforms.
- Comfortable operating in a mature CI/CD environment, deploying continuously with a DevSecOps approach.
- A forward-thinking approach to using AI to accelerate high-quality software delivery.
- An aptitude for problem-solving, with the appetite to pick up new tools and techniques fast.
- Excellent interpersonal & collaboration skills, with confidence working directly with customers.
- An understanding of building systems that hold up and perform at scale.
- A genuine enthusiasm for building secure systems and championing security best practice.
Useful
- Exposure to NodeJS microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server or Snowflake.
- Experience deploying and operating services in AWS.
- A track record of driving high standards and pushing a team towards ever-higher levels of efficiency.
Why This Role?
- Real influence as you will be shaping products from the first design conversation, not just executing someone else's spec.
- A modern, fast-moving stack with daily production deployments and a DevSecOps culture that actually works.
- A company culture built around a "One Team" and growth mindset, not just words on a wall.
- Volunteer days, fundraisers and charity initiatives — a business that gives back.
Package
- Salary: £90-£100k, dependent on experience
- Location: Scotland based, but hybrid working
- Benefits: Competitive package
Keywords
Lead Software Developer, Principle Engineer, Staff Engineer, Full Stack Developer, JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, Artificial Intelligence, Microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server, Snowflake, AWS, DevSecOps, CI/CD, AI, System Design, Domain Modelling, SaaS, SOLID Principles, Clean Code, Automated Testing, Technical Architecture, Scotland