Lead Software Engineer

About The Role An exciting opportunity to become the technical leader within a growing Salesforce-native SaaS business that's entering its next phase of engineering maturity. Following the appointment of a new Director of Product Engineering, the business is investing heavily in its product and engineering function. This is a genuine opportunity to help shape engineering standards, influence architecture, accelerate AI adoption and play a major role in the future direction of a modern Salesforce-native product.

If you're someone who enjoys solving difficult technical problems, improving engineering practices and leading through technical credibility rather than people management, this could be an excellent next step.

What You'll Be Doing Lead the engineering team from a technical perspective whilst remaining hands-on.

Drive architecture, engineering standards and code quality.

Work closely with Product to balance technical excellence with commercial delivery.

Champion AI-assisted software development and modern engineering practices.

Improve SDLC, CI/CD and engineering tooling.

Mentor and coach engineers through technical leadership rather than line management.

Help shape the future direction of a rapidly evolving Salesforce-native platform.

What We're Looking For Senior / Lead Software Engineer, Technical Architect or Engineering Team Lead background.

Experience working within a SaaS or Salesforce ISV / AppExchange product environment is nice to have.

Comfortable influencing engineering decisions.

Passion for building scalable products and continuously improving engineering practices.

Commercial mindset with an appreciation for product priorities and customer outcomes.

Interest in AI-assisted development and engineering productivity.

Why Consider It? Newly appointed Director of Product Engineering driving change.

Genuine opportunity to influence engineering culture and technical direction.

High-growth SaaS platform seeking to triple it’s revenue over the next 4 years.

Hands-on technical leadership without moving into people management.

Work alongside ambitious founders investing heavily in engineering.