Engineering Lead
Moorepay · M276DB · posted 61 days ago
Going rate £51,900UK median £53,064
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Occupation
2127Engineering project managers and project engineers
Going rate for this occupation: £51,900 · UK median pay £53,064
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Where this salary sits
- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£51,610 to £67,873estimated
- Going rate£51,900
- UK median£53,064
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £35,680 |
| 25th | £43,175 |
| 50th | £53,064 |
| 75th | £67,463 |
| Going rate | £51,900 |
| UK median | £53,064 |
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- Occupation is eligible for Skilled Worker
- Estimated salary is below the going rate
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The Engineering Lead is a hands-on technical leader responsible for guiding a cross-functional engineering squad in the delivery of high-quality, secure, reliable, and scalable software. Combining the responsibilities of a senior engineer with those of a team enabler, the role promotes strong engineering practices, effective delivery, and close collaboration with Product, Architecture, and Site Reliability Engineering teams.
The Engineering Lead also supports the Engineering Manager in scaling engineering excellence across multiple squads, while fostering a culture of aligned autonomy, continuous improvement, technical craftsmanship, and innovation. The role champions agentic development practices, promoting the effective use of autonomous and AI-assisted engineering tools to improve developer productivity, accelerate delivery, and enhance software quality.
The organisation is currently undertaking a significant redevelopment programme, replacing an underperforming PHP application with a highly optimised modular platform. A key responsibility of this role will be to lead the technical direction of this transformation, including driving architectural and technology decisions to ensure the new solution is performant, maintainable, resilient, and fit for long-term growth.
As we scale towards multiple autonomous squads, the Engineering Team Leader plays a crucial role in shaping the engineering culture at the team level, ensuring technical excellence, secure delivery, and strong collaboration across the organisation. You will set the pace, uphold engineering standards, and enable your team to deliver reliable and modern cloud-native services with confidence and autonomy.
This is a full time, permanent position working on a hybrid basis with 3 days per week in Manchester.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Delivery:
Lead the squad in delivering high-quality software, ensuring adherence to secure-by-design and engineering best practices. Own the squad’s day-to-day technical direction, ensuring alignment with architectural patterns and technical strategy. Break down complex requirements into actionable engineering tasks and support backlog refinement. Drive predictable delivery through strong Agile practices, partnering with the Engineering Manager and Scrum Master. Conduct code reviews, lead design discussions, and champion technical excellence within the team.
Engineering Execution & Hands-On Contribution:
Remain an active contributor to the codebase, setting the standard for code quality, testing, and documentation. Support troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis for squad-owned services. Promote best practices in cloud-native development, CI/CD, observability, and reliability engineering. Pair-program with engineers, provide technical mentoring, and encourage knowledge sharing.
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