Engineering Team Lead

Role Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Engineering Team Lead plays a pivotal role in guiding a team of Software Engineers who deliver core components of the StarCompliance Enterprise SaaS platform. This role balances hands-on technical contribution with people leadership - providing coaching, mentoring, and line management to developers while also leading design discussions, contributing to architectural decisions, and supporting the technical evolution of the platform.As a leader within Star's engineering organisation, you will foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and learning. You will help shape modern engineering practices, AI-enabled development approaches, and high-quality delivery through strong CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native design. This is a strategic, impactful role influencing both team outcomes and Star's broader engineering direction.ResponsibilitiesPeople Leadership & CoachingLine manage, mentor, and coach Software Engineers to support their professional growth, performance, and career development.Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.Support recruitment, onboarding, and capability development across the engineering function.Technical LeadershipLead and participate in design and architectural sessions, partnering closely with the Architecture function to deliver compliant, scalable, cloud-ready solutions.Contribute hands-on to development, ensuring best practices, maintainability, and technical quality.Drive the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices, guiding teams on how LLMs and automation can enhance productivity and quality.Delivery OwnershipOwn the lifecycle of delivery for your team, ensuring clear visibility of progress, quality, and key engineering metrics.Ensure strong adherence to Star's SDLC, engineering standards, version-control practices, and quality expectations.Play a key role in defining, optimising, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and associated tooling.Support the technical strategy and evolution of Star's SaaS platform, contributing to modernisation, scaling, and cloud transformation initiatives.Collaboration & Stakeholder EngagementWork closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, QA, Architecture, and Cloud teams to ensure alignment on priorities, scope, design, and delivery.Advocate for engineering needs, design integrity, maintainability, and long-term platform health.Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, providing clear updates, risks, and mitigation plansSkills and ExperienceEssential Technical SkillsExtensive experience leading and mentoring high-performing software engineering teams.Strong hands-on expertise with the Microsoft .NET ecosystem:C#, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Visual Studio.Solid understanding of web technologies such as JavaScript, React, Angular, HTML.Strong grounding in software engineering principles, including SOLID, design patterns, and scalable architecture.Experience delivering enterprise-grade, cloud-hosted applications.Strong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL).Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud technologies; Azure experience strongly preferred.Familiarity with PaaS, cloud infrastructure fundamentals, and SaaS operational considerations.Leadership & Delivery SkillsProven success overseeing large or complex software development projects.Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working across engineering, product, and leadership teams.Ability to analyse requirements, propose solutions, and guide teams through delivery.Ability to quickly learn new technologies and drive their adoption across the team.Desirable SkillsExperience or interest in AI-enabled engineering practices, including use of LLMs for productivity, code generation, or testing.Experience working in a modern, Agile, cloud-first SaaS environment.Exposure to microservices, distributed systems, and modern architectural patterns.Minimum QualificationsDegree or SimilarIntegrity and EthicsAll StarCompliance employees are expected to commit to a high standard of personal integrity and carry out their responsibilities in an ethical manner