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Kainos

Lead Software Engineer

Kainos

Lead Software Engineer at Kainos responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions. Engage with customers, mentor team members, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeBirmingham • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions which delight our customers
  • Make sound, reasoned decisions in a fast-paced environment
  • Manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, focusing on employee performance
  • Provide direction and leadership for the team while solving challenging problems
  • Interact with customers, share knowledge and mentor team members

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Expertise in designing, building, testing and maintaining modern software applications
  • Technical leadership of teams building and testing modern, scalable, secure, performant applications in line with software development principles, practices and patterns e.g. XP, TDD
  • Experience of technical ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation
  • Expertise in software design and development across all layers of an application
  • We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.
  • Experience with the latest Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentsoftware designContinuous IntegrationContinuous Deliveryscalable applicationssecure applicationsperformant applicationsarchitectureestimationuser story creation
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringproblem-solvingdecision-makingemployee performance managementcustomer interactionteam developmentknowledge sharingfast-paced environment adaptability