The role:
Lead & Inspire – Coach a squad of 4‑6 engineers, fostering an inclusive, high‑trust culture where everyone does their best work.
Shape Product Strategy – Partner with the Product Manager and Designer in discovery: interview users, validate hypotheses, run experiments, and translate insights into winning solutions.
Own Technical Direction – Make pragmatic architecture decisions across our stack (.NET C#, React, TypeScript, SQL/No‑SQL, Azure) and champion DevOps‑as‑code with Terraform/Bicep.
Raise the Bar – Drive engineering excellence through pair‑programming, design reviews, and continuous refactoring. Introduce practices that improve reliability, performance, and developer happiness.
Ship Value Continuously – Break big bets into thin slices, uphold CI/CD, monitor in production, and iterate based on data.
Grow People – Mentor engineers in both technical depth and product thinking; give clear, empathetic feedback and celebrate wins.
Collaborate Beyond Engineering – Communicate trade‑offs to stakeholders, demo work to customers, and contribute to go‑to‑market conversations when your insight adds value.
Core skills and experience:
Proven leadership of an engineering team building user‑facing products (minimum 2 years as Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Manager).
Expertise in our core stack:
o Backend: .NET6+/C#
o Frontend: React+ TypeScript
o Data: relational(SQL Server) and No‑SQL (e.g., Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
o Cloud: Microsoft Azure
o Infrastructure‑as‑Code: Terraform and/or Bicep, automated pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
Product mindset – you care about outcomes over output, are comfortable with ambiguity, and can articulate why technical choices matter for users.
Excellent communication – clear, concise, and compelling in both written and verbal forms; able to tailor depth to audience.
Hands‑on coding ability – you still enjoy jumping into the codebase and leading by example.
Continuous delivery advocate – experience designing systems for incremental delivery, observability, and rapid feedback.
Prior experience in a scale‑up or high‑growth SaaS environment.
Salary& Benefits:
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave
Participation in the Infonetica Bonus Plan (business and personal performance related)
Private health insurance
Pension
Working Location:
This fulltime role is offered as either hybrid or remote. Our UK office is in Esher, Surrey (KT10 9SD)and the team typically work Monday, Tuesday & Thursdays from the office with the other days from home. Remote workers convene at the office on the first Thursday of each month, or on an ad-hoc basis as required.
